The Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer told that when Jacob heard that Joseph was alive, Jacob wondered whether he could forsake the land of his fathers, the land of his birth, the land of his fathers' sojournings, the land where the Divine Presence (, "Shechinah") was, and go to an unclean land where there was no fear of Heaven. So God told Jacob (as reported in ), "Do not fear . . . I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again."