‘Israel’ and ‘Jacob’ are two names of the same man. (See Genesis 32:28.) God had sent Joseph to Egypt. God had prepared a place in Egypt where Jacob and his family could live. God was providing food for Jacob and for his family during the *famine. By these things, God was guiding Jacob. God was sho... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 46 JACOB TRAVELS TO EGYPT V1 So Israel set out on his journey and he took all his possessions with him. He came to Beer-sheba. And there he gave *offerings to the God of his father Isaac. V2 And God spoke to Israel in dreams. He said, ‘Jacob, Jac... [ Continue Reading ]
Until this time, Jacob expected to go to Egypt for a short time. He expected that he would return as soon as the *famine was over. But at this time God told him that his *descendants would stay there for a long time. They would stay until they became a great nation.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘I will bring you back again.’ The word ‘you’ does not mean Jacob himself. It means the nation that Jacob would become. So it means Jacob’s *descendants. Jacob himself would not return. But when he was dead, his body would return. And his sons would bury him in *Canaan. In the phrase ‘when you die’... [ Continue Reading ]
From Hebron to Beer-sheba was 50 kilometres (30 miles). And from Beer-sheba to *Goshen was 300 kilometres (180 miles). When the brothers travelled to Egypt before, they took food for themselves and for their *donkeys. And the journey might take 10 days. But when the whole family travelled with all t... [ Continue Reading ]
‘These are’ refers to the names in the verses that follow. In these verses, the word ‘sons’ sometimes means ‘grandsons’. And it can also include the sons of grandsons.... [ Continue Reading ]
We do not know why the total is 33. Verses 9-15 mention 33 names. With Dinah too, the total is 34. Perhaps these verses leave out Er and Onan because they did not go to Egypt. And perhaps there was another daughter. That could make a total that is 33. Verses 15, 18, 22, 25 ‘These are’ refers to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Jacob said, ‘Now I am ready to die.’ Actually, Jacob lived for 17 years after this time.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joseph was afraid that his brothers would become slaves. So he told them to emphasise that they kept animals. The inhabitants of Egypt themselves kept few animals. They avoided people who kept animals. So they would not want the brothers as slaves in their houses. Instead they would let the brothers... [ Continue Reading ]