And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

They went up out of Egypt. The Hebrews considered what lay to the north as higher, and what lay southward as lower. Accordingly, those who traveled from Egypt to Palestine (which was north) went up (cf. Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:2; Genesis 46:3).

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