Genesi 46:5

5 E Giacobbe partì di Beerseba; e i figliuoli d’Israele fecero salire Giacobbe, loro padre, e i lor piccoli figliuoli, e le lor mogli, sopra i carri, che Faraone avea mandati per levar Giacobbe.

Genesi 46:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:5

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba
In high spirits, and proceeded on in his journey, being encouraged and animated by the promises of God now made unto him: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little
ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry
him;
it may be wondered at that Joseph did not send his chariot to fetch his father; it could not be for want of due respect and honour to him, but it may be such a carriage was not fit for so long a journey, and especially to travel in, in some parts of the road through which they went: no mention being made of Jacob's wives, it may be presumed they were all now dead; it is certain Rachel was, see ( Genesis 35:19 ) ; and it is more than probable that Leah died before this time, since Jacob says he buried her himself in Machpelah in Canaan, ( Genesis 49:31 ) ; and it is very likely also that his two concubine wives Bilhah and Zilpah were also dead, since no notice is taken of them.

Genesi 46:5 In-Context

3 E Iddio disse: Io sono Iddio, l’Iddio di tuo padre; non temer di andare in Egitto; perciocchè io ti farò divenir quivi una gran nazione.

4 Io scenderò teco in Egitto; e altresì te ne ricondurrò fuori; e Giuseppe metterà la sua mano sopra gli occhi tuoi.

5 E Giacobbe partì di Beerseba; e i figliuoli d’Israele fecero salire Giacobbe, loro padre, e i lor piccoli figliuoli, e le lor mogli, sopra i carri, che Faraone avea mandati per levar Giacobbe.

6 Presero ancora i lor bestiami, e le facoltà che aveano acquistate nel paese di Canaan; e vennero in Egitto, Giacobbe e tutta la sua progenie.

7 Egli menò seco in Egitto i suoi figliuoli, e i figliuoli de’ suoi figliuoli; le sue figliuole, e le figliuole de’ suoi figliuoli, e tutta la sua progenie.