Gen 46:1-11 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 46:1-11 (NET)

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The Family of Jacob goes to Egypt

46:1 So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 46:2 God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!” 46:3 He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. 46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.” 46:5 Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him. 46:6 Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt. 46:7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters– all his descendants. 46:8 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt– Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob. 46:9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 46:10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman). 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Names, People and Places:

· Beer-Sheba a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah

· Beer-sheba a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah

· Canaan the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River

· Canaanite residents of the region of Canaan

· Carmi son of Zimri (Zerah Judah); father of Achan of Moses time,son of Hezron (Perez Judah); ancestor of Bezalel of Moses time,son of Reuben son of Jacob

· Egypt descendants of Mizraim

· Gershon the clan of Gershom/Gershon of the tribe of Levi

· Hanoch son of Midian son of Abraham and Keturah,son of Reuben son of Israel

· Hezron members of the clan of Hezron of Reuben

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jachin son of Simeon,a pillar of Solomon's temple,a priest leader of one of the first clans to return from exile,chief of a division of priests serving in David's sanctuary

· Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

· Jamin son of Simeon,son of Ram of Judah,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law

· Jemuel son of Simeon

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

· Kohath son of Levi; founder of the clan of Kohath,the clan of Kohath

· Levi members of the tribe of Levi

· Merari the clan of Merari of the tribe of Levi

· Ohad son of Simeon

· Pallu son of Reuben son of Israel

· Pharaoh the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Abraham's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Joseph's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who refused to let Israel leave Egypt,the title of the king of Egypt whose daughter Solomon married,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in the time of Isaiah,the title Egypt's ruler just before Moses' time

· Reuben the tribe of Reuben

· Shaul the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi

· Simeon a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him

· Zohar father of Ephron the Hittite from whom Abraham bought land,son of Simeon

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NET Notes: Gen 46:1 Beer Sheba. See Gen 21:31; 28:10.

NET Notes: Gen 46:2 Heb “in visions of the night.” The plural form has the singular meaning, probably as a plural of intensity.

NET Notes: Gen 46:3 Heb “the God.”

NET Notes: Gen 46:4 Heb “and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes.” This is a promise of peaceful death in Egypt with Joseph present to close his eyes.

NET Notes: Gen 46:5 Heb “arose.”

NET Notes: Gen 46:6 Heb “and they took their livestock and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Canaan and they went to Egypt, Jacob and all his...

NET Notes: Gen 46:7 The Hebrew text adds “with him” here. This is omitted in the translation because it is redundant in English style (note the same phrase ea...

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