Genesis 46:4

_I WILL GO DOWN WITH THEE INTO EGYPT; AND I WILL ALSO SURELY BRING THEE UP AGAIN: AND JOSEPH SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THINE EYES._ I will ... surely bring thee up again. Since Jacob could not expect to live until the former promise was realized, he must have seen that the latter was to be accomplished only to his posterity. To himself it was literally verified in the removal of his remains to Canaan; but, in the large and liberal sense of the words, it was made good only on the establishment of Israel in the land of promise. JOSEPH SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THINE EYES - shall perform the last office of filial piety, which was usually reserved to the oldest or the dearest member of the family; and this implied that he should henceforth enjoy, without interruption, the society of that favourite son....

4._And Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes_. This clause was added for the sake of showing greater indulgence. For though Jacob, in desiring that, when he died, his eyes should be closed by the hand of Joseph, showed that some infirmity of the flesh was involved in the wish; yet God is willing to comply with it, for the sake of moderating the grief of a fresh banishment. Moreover, we know that the custom of closing the eyes was of the greatest antiquity; and that this office was discharged by one most closely connected with the deceased either by blood or affection....

1-4 Even as to those events and undertakings which appear most joyful, we should seek counsel, assistance, and a blessing from the Lord. Attending on his ordinances, and receiving the pledges of his covenant love, we expect his presence, and that peace which it confers. In all removals we should be reminded of our removal out of this world. Nothing can encourage us to fear no evil when passing through the valley of the shadow of death, but the presence of Christ....

- Jacob Goes Down to Egypt 9. פלוּא _pallû'_, Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן _chetsrôn_, Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי _karmı̂y_, Karmi, “vine-dresser.” 10. ימוּאל _y__e__mû'êl_, Jemuel, “day of El.” ימין _yâmı̂yn_, Jamin, “right hand.” אהד _'ôhad_, Ohad, “joining together.” יכין _yâkı̂yn_, Jakin, “he shall establish.” צחר _tsôchar_, Tsochar, “whiteness.” 11. גרשׁון _gêr__e__shôn_, Gereshon, “expelling.” קהת _q__e__hâth_, Qe

EXPOSITION GENESIS 46:1 AND ISRAEL (as the head of the theocratic family) TOOK HIS JOURNEY—_literally, broke up, _sc. his encampment (cf. Genesis 12:9)—WITH ALL THAT HE HAD, AND CAME—from Hebron (Genesis 37:14)—TO BEERSHEBA,—where Abraham (Genesis 21:33) and Isaac (Genesis 26:25) had both sojourned for considerable periods, and erected altars to Jehovah—AND OFFERED SACRIFICES UNTO THE GOD (the Elohim) of his father Isa

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 [AGAIN]: Jarchi takes this to be a promise that he should be buried in the land of Canaan, which had its fulfilment, when his corpse was carried out of Egypt to Machpelah, and there interred; but rather this refers to the bringing up of his posterity from thence in due time, for which Jacob might be most solicitous, and so the Targum of Jonathan, "and I will bring up thy children from thence:'' AND JOSEPH SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THINE EYES: and so close them when he was dead; this, as Aben Ezra says, was a custom of the living to the dead, and it used to be done by the nearest relations and frien...

CHAPTER 46 JACOB GOES DOWN TO EGYPT _ 1. Israel's departure and the vision (Genesis 46:1)_ 2. The journey and the arrival in Egypt (Genesis 46:5) 3. The offspring of the sons of Jacob (Genesis 46:8) 4. Israel meets Joseph (Genesis 46:28) 5. Joseph's directions concerning Pharaoh (Genesis 46:31 The whole family of Jacob, consisting of seventy souls, exclusive of the wives and the servants, came to Egypt. Once more God appears to Israel, but addresses him as Jacob. He gives him permission to go down to

GENESIS 46:1 TO GENESIS 47:12. JACOB AND HIS DESCENDANTS GO DOWN INTO EGYPT AND SETTLE IN GOSHEN. The list in Genesis 46:8 with the introductory verses Genesis 46:6 f. is from P, as are Genesis 47:5_ a_, Genesis 46:7. The rest is JE. To E belong Genesis 46:1 (in the main) and perhaps Genesis 47:12

Jacob at Beer-sheba 1. _Beer-sheba_ Cf. Genesis 21:31; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 26:33; Genesis 28:10. Jacob, in Genesis 37:14 (J), is described as dwelling at Hebron. _the God of his father Isaac_ For this reference to the God of the father, cf. Genesis 26:24; Genesis 28:13; Ge

I WILL GO DOWN WITH THEE INTO AEGYPT— Those who go where God sends them, shall certainly have God with them. _And I will also surely bring thee up again._—Whatever low and darksome valley we are called into, we may be confident, if God go down with us, he will surely bring us up again to glory. _JOSEPH SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THINE EYES_— Shall do the last tender office for thee of closing thine eyes; he shall survive thee; and thou shalt die in peace in his arms. The custom of _closing the eyes_ of persons departed is very ancient; and they were usually the nearest and dearest friends who performed this last office. This descent into AEgypt was in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of Jacob's life, two hundred and fifteen years after the promise made to Abraham, ch. Genesis 12:2. and in the year of the world two thousand two hundred and ninety-eight....