Genesis 46:5-15

5 Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the ¹wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6 They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and ²came to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him:

7 his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters *, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

Those Who Came to Egypt

8 Now these are the ³names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.

10 The ⁴sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan ). And the ⁵sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

13 The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvvah and Iob and Shimron.

14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.

15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three *.

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Genesis 46:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 46

In this chapter we are told, that Jacob with all his family and substance took a journey to Egypt to see his son Joseph, as he determined, in which he was encouraged to proceed by a vision from God, Ge 46:1-7; and an account is given of all his sons, his sons' sons and daughters that went thither with him, Ge 46:8-27; when he came near to Egypt he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to acquaint him of his coming, who met him at Goshen, where there was a most affectionate interview between them, Ge 46:28-30; and when he gave directions and instructions what answers to give to Pharaoh's questions, when they should appear before him, to whom he proposed to go and inform him of their being come into Egypt, Ge 46:31-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. Genesis 45:21
2. Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4; Psalms 105:23; Isaiah 52:4; Acts 7:15
3. Exodus 1:1-4; Numbers 26:4, 5; 1 Chronicles 2:1f
4. Exodus 6:15
5. 1 Chronicles 2:5

Footnotes 9

[a]. Lit "seed"
[b]. Lit "seed"
[c]. In Num 26:12 and 1 Chr 4:24, "Nemuel"
[d]. In 1 Chr 4:24, "Jarib"
[e]. In Num 26:13 and 1 Chr 4:24, "Zerah"
[f]. In 1 Chr 6:16, "Gershom"
[g]. In Num 26:23, "Puvah;" in 1 Chr 7:1, "Puah"
[h]. In Num 26:24 and 1 Chr 7:1, "Jashub"
[i]. Lit "all the souls of"