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Genesis 46:2

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2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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Genesis 46:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
ESV
2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here am I."
NLT
2 During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called. “Here I am,” Jacob replied.
MSG
2 God spoke to Israel in a vision that night: "Jacob! Jacob!" "Yes?" he said. "I'm listening."
CSB
2 That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: "Jacob, Jacob!" He said. And Jacob replied, "Here I am."

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 46:2 In-Context

1 So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.
3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.”
5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel’s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 17:5
  • 2. S Genesis 15:1; Job 33:14-15
  • 3. S Genesis 22:1; Genesis 31:11
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