Genesis 46:1-47:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:1-34

The migration to Egypt (46:1-47:12)As they were leaving Canaan for Egypt, Jacob and his family stopped to worship God at Beersheba, the last town in Canaan. Here God told Jacob that, though he would die in Egypt, his descendants would one day return and possess the land (46:1-4). Jacob’s family, at the time of the move to Egypt, numbered about seventy people (5-27).Knowing that Egyptians did not like to live alongside people who kept sheep or cattle, Joseph told his brothers to tell Pharaoh... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:1

offered sacrifices. Hebrew. zabach. App-43 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 46:1-4

"And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. And God said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 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.""And came to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 46:1

Genesis 46:1. And Israel came to Beer-sheba, &c.— Though this was in his way from Hebron, as it lay in the most southerly parts of Canaan; yet he probably made choice of it, the rather, as both Abraham and Isaac had consecrated the place, and there received favourable answers from God. See ch. Genesis 21:33.Genesis 26:23; Genesis 26:23, &c. In his devotion he had an eye to God as "the God of his father Isaac," that is, a God in covenant with him; for by Isaac the covenant was entailed... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 46:1

1. Israel took his journey with all that he had—that is, his household; for in compliance with Pharaoh's recommendation, he left his heavy furniture behind. In contemplating a step so important as that of leaving Canaan, which at his time of life he might never revisit, so pious a patriarch would ask the guidance and counsel of God. With all his anxiety to see Joseph, he would rather have died in Canaan without that highest of earthly gratifications than leave it without the consciousness of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 46:1-7

God’s encouragement to move 46:1-7The structure of chapters 46 and 47 is also chiastic. [Note: Wenham, Genesis 16-50, p. 439.] A God appears to Jacob (Genesis 46:1-4) B Jacob journeys to Egypt (Genesis 46:5-27) C Joseph meets Jacob (Genesis 46:28-34) D Joseph’s brothers meet Pharaoh (Genesis 47:1-6) C’ Jacob meets Pharaoh (Genesis 47:7-10) B’ Joseph cares for his family and Egypt (Genesis 47:11-26)A’ Jacob prepares to die (Genesis 47:27-31)Beersheba lay on the southern border of Canaan (Genesis... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 46:1-34

The Descent of Jacob into Egypt. The Genealogical Table of the Israelites1-4. On reaching Beersheba, the southern boundary of the Promised Land, Jacob offers sacrifices to God. In return God assures him of His continued favour and of the fulfilment of the promises made to Abraham. 4. Put his hand upon thine eyes] i.e. close them in death. 5. Little ones] rather,’household servants and their families.’ 6-27. This passage is from the Priestly source, and shows its characteristic fondness for... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 46:1

XLVI.EMIGRATION OF ISRAEL AND HIS SONS INTO EGYPT.(1) Israel . . . came to Beer-sheba.—Though Jacob, in the first tumult of his joy, had determined upon hastening to Egypt, yet many second thoughts must have made him hesitate. He would call up to mind the boding prophecy in Genesis 15:13, that the descendants of Abraham were to be reduced to slavery, and suffer affliction in a foreign land for four hundred years. It might even be a sin, involving the loss of the Abrahamic covenant, to quit the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 46:1-34

CHAPTER 46 Jacob Goes Down to Egypt 1. Israel’s departure and the vision (Genesis 46:1-4 ) 2. The journey and the arrival in Egypt (Genesis 46:5-7 ) 3. The offspring of the sons of Jacob (Genesis 46:8-27 ) 4. Israel meets Joseph (Genesis 46:28-30 ) 5. Joseph’s directions concerning Pharaoh (Genesis 46:31-34 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... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 46:1

46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and {a} offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.(a) By this he signified both that he worshipped the true God, and that he kept in his heart the possession of that land from which need drove him at that time. read more

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