INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 46 In this chapter we are told, that Jacob with all his family and substance took a journey to Egypt to see his son Joseph, as he determined, in which he was encouraged to proceed by a vision from God, Genesis 46:1; and an account is given of all his sons, his sons' sons an... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ISRAEL TOOK HIS JOURNEY WITH ALL THAT HE HAD,.... Set forward in it immediately, as soon as possible after he had resolved to take it, and with him he took all his children and grandchildren, and all his cattle and goods; which shows that he took his journey not only to see his son Joseph, but t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND GOD SPAKE UNTO ISRAEL IN THE VISIONS OF THE NIGHT,.... He appeared to Jacob as he lay upon his bed in the night season, and with an articulate voice spoke to him as follows: AND SAID, JACOB, JACOB: not "Israel", the more honourable name he had given him, but Jacob, putting him in mind of his fo... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID, I [AM] GOD, THE GOD OF THY FATHER,.... His father Isaac, who was now dead, and who is the rather mentioned, because in him Abraham's seed was to be called, and in his line the promise both of the land of Canaan, and of the Messiah, ran, and from him Jacob received the blessing; and this... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GO DOWN WITH THEE INTO EGYPT,.... Which was enough to silence all his fears; for if the presence of God went with him to protect and defend hide, to bless and prosper him, and to direct, support, and comfort, he had nothing to fear from any quarter: AND I WILL ALSO SURELY BRING THEE UP [AGAI... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JACOB ROSE UP FROM BEERSHEBA,.... In high spirits, and proceeded on in his journey, being encouraged and animated by the promises of God now made unto him: AND THE SONS OF ISRAEL CARRIED JACOB THEIR FATHER, AND THEIR LITTLE ONES, AND THEIR WIVES, IN THE WAGONS WHICH PHARAOH HAD SENT TO CARRY HI... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY TOOK THEIR CATTLE, AND THEIR GOODS, WHICH THEY HAD GOTTEN IN THE LAND OF CANAAN,.... Some interpreters add, by way of explanation, and in Mesopotamia; much of Jacob's substance being yet there, though the greatest part was got in Canaan, and so that is put for the whole; and Jarchi supposes... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS SONS, AND HIS SONS' SONS WITH HIM,.... His eleven sons, and their sons, his grandchildren: AND HIS DAUGHTERS; his own daughter Dinah, and his daughters in law, the wives of his sons; for these came with him into Egypt, as appears from Genesis 46:5; though the plural may be put for the singular,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE [ARE] THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT,.... Not meaning precisely Jacob's seed and offspring, but the body of the people of Israel, as they were when they went into Egypt, including Jacob himself: JACOB AND HIS SONS; for he went with them to Egypt, and was the hea... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF REUBEN, HANOCH, AND PHALLU, AND HEZRON, AND CARMI. From whom came the families named after them, of which they were the heads, Numbers 26:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF SIMEON,.... Who was the second son of Jacob: JEMUEL, AND JAMIN, AND OHAD, AND JACHIN, AND ZOHAR; the first of these is called Nemuel, Numbers 26:12; the third, Ohad, is omitted in the places referred to, he dying without children, as may be supposed, and so was not the head of any f... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF LEVI, GERSHON, KOHATH, AND MERARI. From these sprung the priests and Levites, see Numbers 3:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF JUDAH, ER, AND ONAN, AND SHELAH, AND PHAREZ, AND ZARAH,.... Five of them: BUT ER AND ONAN DIED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN; and so did not go with Jacob into Egypt; and which is observed that they might not be reckoned among them, though it was proper to take notice of them in the geneal... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF ISSACHAR, TOLA, AND PHUVAH; AND JOB, AND SHIMRON. The first of these was the father of a numerous race in the days of David, their number was 22,600; 1 Chronicles 7:2; the second is called Puah, and the third Jashub, and the fourth Shimrom, 1 Chronicles 7:1; and were all the heads of... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF ZEBULUN, SERED, AND ELON, AND JAHLEEL. Whose names are the same in Numbers 26:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THE SONS OF LEAH, WHICH SHE BARE UNTO JACOB IN PADANARAM,.... Which must be restrained to the six sons only, who were properly Leah's, and not to their sons' sons, for they were not born in Padanaram, but in Canaan: WITH HIS DAUGHTER DINAH; who also was by Leah: ALL THE SOULS OF HIS SONS... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF GAD,.... A son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's maid; for the historian, before he proceeds to give an account of his sons by Rachel, finishes the account of all his sons by Leah and her maid; ZIPHION, AND HAGGI, SHUNI, AND EZBON, AND ERI, AND ARODI, AND ARELI; in all seven; the same numb... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF ASHER,.... Another son of Jacob by Leah's maid Zilpah, whose sons were, JIMNAH, AND ISHUAH, AND ISUI, AND BERIAH, AND SERAH THEIR SISTER; who is called Sarah, Numbers 26:46, and by the Septuagint here. She seems to have been a person of some note, being so particularly remarked in b... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE [ARE] THE SONS OF ZILPAH, WHOM LABAN GAVE TO LEAH HIS DAUGHTER,.... To be her maid, when she was married to Jacob, by whom he had Gad and Asher: AND THESE SHE BARE UNTO JACOB, [EVEN] SIXTEEN SOULS; not that Zilpah bare sixteen children to Jacob, for she bore but two; but the children and gran... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS RACHEL, JACOB'S WIFE,.... The wife of his affection and choice, his principal wife, yea, his only lawful wife; Zilpah and Bilhah were his concubines, and as for Leah, she was imposed and forced upon him: JOSEPH AND BENJAMIN; the first was in Egypt already, the other now went down with Jaco... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO JOSEPH IN THE LAND OF EGYPT WERE BORN MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM,.... And therefore not to be reckoned with those that went down with Jacob thither; for which reason the clause, "in the land of Egypt", is inserted, see Genesis 41:50; WHICH ASENATH THE DAUGHTER OF POTIPHERAH, PRIEST OF ON, BARE U... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF BENJAMIN,.... The second son of Jacob by his wife Rachel; whose sons [WERE] BELAH, AND BECHER, AND ASHBEL, GERA, AND NAAMAN, EHI, AND ROSH, MUPPIM, AND HUPPIM, AND ARD; in all one hundred and ten. It is a difficulty to account for it, that Benjamin, Jacob's youngest son, often call... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THE SONS OF RACHEL, WHICH WERE BORN TO JACOB,.... That is, sons and grandsons: ALL THE SOULS [WERE] FOURTEEN; two sons, Joseph and Benjamin; twelve grandsons, two of Joseph's, and ten of Benjamin's.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF DAN, HUSHIM. He had but one son, wherefore the plural is put for the singular, see Genesis 46:7; Aben Ezra thinks he had two sons, and that one of them was dead, and therefore not mentioned; but the other way best accounts for the expression; though, as Schmidt observes, the plural m... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF NAPHTALI, JAHZEEL, AND GUNI, AND JEZER, AND SHILLEM. The last is called Shallum in 1 Chronicles 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE [ARE] THE SONS OF BILHAH, WHICH LABAN GAVE UNTO RACHEL HIS DAUGHTER,.... To be her maid, when she was married to Jacob: AND SHE BARE THESE UNTO JACOB, ALL THE SOULS [WERE] SEVEN; not that she bare seven sons to Jacob, she bore but two, Dan and Naphtali; but the children of these with them mad... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SOULS THAT CAME WITH JACOB INTO EGYPT,.... These are in parcels before mentioned, but here they are brought to a sum total; and by this phrase are excluded those that died before, as Er and Onan, and those that were in Egypt before, as Joseph and his two sons; and I should think also all tha... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF JOSEPH, WHICH WERE BORN IN EGYPT, [WERE] TWO SOULS,.... Ephraim and Manasseh; which is observed to show that they do not come into the above reckoning, but are to be taken into another that follows: ALL THE SOULS OF THE HOUSE OF JACOB, WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT, [WERE] THREESCORE AND TE... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SENT JUDAH BEFORE HIM UNTO JOSEPH,.... Who was the more honourable of his sons, and in greater esteem with Jacob than his elder brethren were, Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, who by their conduct had greatly displeased him: moreover, he was a man of a polite address, and had endeared himself to Jos... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JOSEPH MADE READY HIS CHARIOT,.... Or "bound" y it, fastened the horses to it, harnessed them, and put them to; this he did not himself, as Jarchi thinks, for the honour of his father; but rather, as Aben Ezra, by ordering his servants to do it: AND WENT UP TO MEET ISRAEL HIS FATHER IN GOSHEN;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ISRAEL SAID UNTO JOSEPH,.... He broke silence first: NOW LET ME DIE, SINCE I HAVE SEEN THY FACE; not that he was impatient to die, and not desirous to live any longer; for it could not but yield pleasure to him, and make the remainder of his life more comfortable to live with such a son, his da... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JOSEPH SAID UNTO HIS BRETHREN, AND TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE,.... To them and their families, after he had paid his filial respects to his father, in honour, reverence, and affection: I WILL GO UP AND SHEW PHARAOH; acquaint him that his father and all his family were come to Egypt; he says, "I will... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE MEN [ARE] SHEPHERDS,.... That was their occupation and employment, by which they got their livelihood. Joseph was not ashamed of the business his father and brethren followed, even though mean; and besides, such men were an abomination to the Egyptians: this he thought proper to tell Pharaoh... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN PHARAOH SHALL CALL YOU,.... Order them to come before him, to see them, and have some conversation with them: AND SHALL SAY, WHAT [IS] YOUR OCCUPATION? or your works c, their business and employment, whether they exercised any manufacture or handicraft, and what it w... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT YE SHALL SAY, THY SERVANTS' TRADE HATH BEEN ABOUT CATTLE,.... Breeding, feeding, and selling them: FROM OUR YOUTH, EVEN UNTIL NOW: this had been their constant employment, they never followed any other: BOTH WE, [AND] ALSO OUR FATHERS; their father, grandfather, and great grandfather, Abraham... [ Continue Reading ]