And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they
had
gotten in the land of Canaan
Some interpreters add, by way of explanation, and in Mesopotamia;
much of Jacob's substance being yet there, though the greatest
part was got in Canaan, and so that is put for the whole; and
Jarchi supposes that Jacob gave all that he got in Padanaram to
Esau for his part in the cave of Machpelah, and therefore mention
is only made of his substance in Canaan; but there is no need of
any such additions or suppositions, since the text only speaks of
the substance of Jacob's sons, and what they had was only gotten
in Canaan, into which they came very young; all which they
brought with them as being their property, and not obliged to
leave it behind to strangers; though they were bid not to regard
their stuff, yet they were not willing to live upon others, but
upon their own, and as much as they could independent of others;
and that they might not be upbraided hereafter that they came
into Egypt poor and destitute of everything: and came into
Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him;
safe and well.
Genesis 46:6
