Génesis 46:29

29 Y José unció su carro y subió a Gosén para ir al encuentro de su padre Israel; y apenas lo vio, se echó sobre su cuello y lloró largamente sobre su cuello.

Génesis 46:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:29

And Joseph made ready his chariot
Or "bound" ^F25 it, fastened the horses to it, harnessed them, and put them to; this he did not himself, as Jarchi thinks, for the honour of his father; but rather, as Aben Ezra, by ordering his servants to do it:

and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen;
that being higher than the other part of Egypt, as it must be, if it was in Thebes, or upper Egypt, as some Jewish writers say ^F26; and Fium, supposed to be the place the Israelites dwelt in, see ( Genesis 47:11 ) , stood very high ^F1:

and presented himself unto him;
alighted from his chariot, and came up to his father, and stood before him, and showed himself to him, declaring who he was:

and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while:
either Jacob fell on the neck of Joseph, and wept over him a good while before he could speak to him, as the father of the prodigal son fell on his neck and kissed him, ( Luke 15:20 ) ; or, as Jarchi, Joseph fell on his father's neck, as he had done upon his brethren before, but wept over him longer; their embraces were no doubt mutual and extremely affectionate, that for a while they were not able to speak a word to each other.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (roayw) "et ligavit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "tum alligavit", Schmidt.
F26 Hieron. Quaestion. in Genesim, fol. 72. M. tom. 3.
F1 Leo. African. Descriptio Africae, l. 8. p. 722.

Génesis 46:29 In-Context

27 Y los hijos de José, que le nacieron en Egipto, eran dos: todas las personas de la casa de Jacob que vinieron a Egipto, eran setenta.

28 Y Jacob envió a Judá delante de sí a José, para indicar delante de él el camino a Gosén; y llegaron a la tierra de Gosén.

29 Y José unció su carro y subió a Gosén para ir al encuentro de su padre Israel; y apenas lo vio, se echó sobre su cuello y lloró largamente sobre su cuello.

30 Entonces Israel dijo a José: Ahora ya puedo morir, después que he visto tu rostro y sé que todavía vives.

31 Y José dijo a sus hermanos y a la familia de su padre: Subiré y lo haré saber a Faraón, y le diré: "Mis hermanos y la familia de mi padre, que estaban en la tierra de Canaán, han venido a mí;