Genesis 46:5-34

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 46:5-27

Old Jacob is here flitting. Little did he think of ever leaving Canaan; he expected, no doubt, to die in his nest, and to leave his seed in actual possession of the promised land: but Providence orders it otherwise. Note, Those that think themselves well settled may yet be unsettled in a little time. Even old people, who think of no other removal than that to the grave (which Jacob had much upon his heart, Gen. 37:35; 42:38), sometimes live to see great changes in their family. It is good to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 46:28-34

We have here, I. The joyful meeting between Jacob and his son Joseph, in which observe, 1. Jacob's prudence in sending Judah before him to Joseph, to give him notice of his arrival in Goshen. This was a piece of respect owing to the government, under the protection of which these strangers had come to put themselves, Gen. 46:28. We should be very careful not to give offence to any, especially not to the higher powers. 2. Joseph's filial respect to him. He went in his chariot to met him, and,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:5

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 him ; it may be wondered at that Joseph did not send his chariot to fetch his father; it could not be for want of due respect and honour to him, but it may be such a carriage was not fit for so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:6

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 that Jacob gave all that he got in Padanaram to Esau for his part in the cave of Machpelah, and therefore mention is only made of his substance in Canaan; but there is no need of any such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:7

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, as in Genesis 46:23 , and his sons' daughters ; and mention is made of Sarah the daughter of Asher, Genesis 46:17 ; Jarchi adds, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, but it is certain... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:8

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 head and principal of them: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn ; see Genesis 29:32 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:9

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 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:10

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 family; and the fourth, Jachin, is called Jarib, 1 Chronicles 4:24 ; and the fifth is called Zerah, in the above place, by a transposition of letters: and Shaul the son of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:11

And the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. From these sprung the priests and Levites, see Numbers 3:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 46:12

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 genealogy: and the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul ; some think that these could not be born in Canaan, but in Egypt; and that they are mentioned among those that went down to Egypt,... read more

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