And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph
Who was the more honourable of his sons, and in greater esteem
with Jacob than his elder brethren were, Reuben, Simeon, and
Levi, who by their conduct had greatly displeased him: moreover,
he was a man of a polite address, and had endeared himself to
Joseph by his speech to him, in which he discovered so much
affection both to his father, and his brother Benjamin, and was
upon all accounts the fittest person to be sent to Joseph:
to direct his face unto Goshen;
to inform Joseph of his father's coming, that a place might be
prepared for him to dwell in, as both the Targums of Jonathan and
Jerusalem paraphrase it; and particularly to direct what place in
Goshen he would have him come to, and meet him at:
and they came into the land of Goshen;
which was the first part of the land of Egypt that lay nearest to
Canaan: the Greek version of the whole verse is,
``he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to meet him at Heroopolis, or the city of the heroes, in the land of Rameses,''which is confirmed by Josephus F24; (See Gill on Genesis 45:10).
F24 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 7. sect. 5.