Genesis 46:2-5 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 46:2

Genesis 46:2. God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night Probably the next night after he had offered his sacrifices. Those who desire to keep up communion with God, shall find that it never fails on his side. If we speak to him as we ought, he will not fail to speak to us. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 46:3

Genesis 46:3. I am God, the God of thy father True to the covenant made with him. Fear not to go down into Egypt It seems though Jacob, upon the first intelligence of Joseph’s life and glory in Egypt, resolved, without any hesitation, I will go and see him, yet, upon second thoughts, he saw difficulties in Gen 2:1 st, He was one hundred and thirty years old; it was a long journey, and he was unfit to travel. 2d, He feared lest his sons should be tainted with the idolatry of Egypt, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 46:4

Genesis 46:4. I will go down with thee into Egypt Those that go where God sends them shall certainly have God with them. And I will surely bring thee up again Though Jacob died in Egypt, yet this promise was fulfilled. 1st, In the bringing up of his body to be buried in Canaan. 2d, In the bringing up of his seed to be settled in Canaan. 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. If he go with us ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 46:2

Israel. See note on Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 43:8 ; Genesis 45:26 , Genesis 45:28 . Jacob, Jacob. Figure of speech Epizeuxis, App-6 , for emphasis. To remind him of what he was and had been, in contrast to what God would make him. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:3

fear not, &c. Though Isaac forbidden to go (Genesis 26:2 ), and Abraham warned (Genesis 15:13 , Genesis 15:14 ), no need to fear where God goes with Jacob and us. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:4

surely bring thee up. Figure of speech Polyptoton. Compare Genesis 15:14 . put his hand, &c. i.e. shall close thine eyes in peace. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:5

sons of Israel carried Jacob. They now take the ground of faith. wagons. See note on Genesis 45:19 . 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 46:5-7

"And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: 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 him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt."One purpose in these lines is to show that all of... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 46:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 46:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 46:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:1-34

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 46:5

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 46:5-7

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