Genesis 46:2

2 God spoke to Israel in a vision at night. "Jacob! Jacob!" he said. "Here I am," Jacob replied.

Genesis 46:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:2

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night
He appeared to Jacob as he lay upon his bed in the night season, and with an articulate voice spoke to him as follows: and said, Jacob, Jacob:
not "Israel", the more honourable name he had given him, but Jacob, putting him in mind of his former low estate; and doubling this name, either out of love and affection to him, as Jarchi intimates; or rather in order to awake him, at least to stir up his attention to what he was about to say to him: and he said, here [am] I;
signifying his readiness to hearken to him in what he should say to him, and to obey him in whatsoever he should command him.

Genesis 46:2 In-Context

1 So Israel started out with everything that belonged to him. When he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 God spoke to Israel in a vision at night. "Jacob! Jacob!" he said. "Here I am," Jacob replied.

3 "I am God. I am the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. There I will make you into a great nation.

4 I will go down to Egypt with you. You can be sure that I will bring you back again. And when you die, Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand."

5 Then Jacob left Beersheba. Israel's sons put their father Jacob and their families in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry them.