Genesi 46:2

2 E Dio parlò a Israele in visioni notturne, e disse: "Giacobbe, Giacobbe!" Ed egli rispose: "Eccomi".

Genesi 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.

Genesi 46:2 In-Context

1 Israele dunque si partì con tutto quello che aveva; e, giunto a Beer-Sceba, offrì sacrifizi all’Iddio d’Isacco suo padre.

2 E Dio parlò a Israele in visioni notturne, e disse: "Giacobbe, Giacobbe!" Ed egli rispose: "Eccomi".

3 E Dio disse: "Io sono Iddio, l’Iddio di tuo padre; non temere di scendere in Egitto, perché là ti farò diventare una grande nazione.

4 Io scenderò con te in Egitto, e te ne farò anche sicuramente risalire; e Giuseppe ti chiuderà gli occhi".

5 Allora Giacobbe partì da Beer-Sceba; e i figliuoli d’Israele fecero salire Giacobbe loro padre, i loro piccini e le loro mogli sui carri che Faraone avea mandato per trasportarli.