Génesis 46:29

29 José preparó su carro de guerra y viajó hasta Gosén para recibir a su padre Jacob. Cuando José llegó, corrió a los brazos de su padre y lloró sobre su hombro un largo rato.

Génesis 46:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:29

And Joseph made ready his chariot
Or "bound" ^F25 it, fastened the horses to it, harnessed them, and put them to; this he did not himself, as Jarchi thinks, for the honour of his father; but rather, as Aben Ezra, by ordering his servants to do it:

and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen;
that being higher than the other part of Egypt, as it must be, if it was in Thebes, or upper Egypt, as some Jewish writers say ^F26; and Fium, supposed to be the place the Israelites dwelt in, see ( Genesis 47:11 ) , stood very high ^F1:

and presented himself unto him;
alighted from his chariot, and came up to his father, and stood before him, and showed himself to him, declaring who he was:

and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while:
either Jacob fell on the neck of Joseph, and wept over him a good while before he could speak to him, as the father of the prodigal son fell on his neck and kissed him, ( Luke 15:20 ) ; or, as Jarchi, Joseph fell on his father's neck, as he had done upon his brethren before, but wept over him longer; their embraces were no doubt mutual and extremely affectionate, that for a while they were not able to speak a word to each other.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (roayw) "et ligavit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "tum alligavit", Schmidt.
F26 Hieron. Quaestion. in Genesim, fol. 72. M. tom. 3.
F1 Leo. African. Descriptio Africae, l. 8. p. 722.

Génesis 46:29 In-Context

27 Además, José tuvo dos hijos
que nacieron en Egipto. Así que, en total, había setenta
miembros de la familia de Jacob en la tierra de Egipto.

28 La familia de Jacob llega a Gosén
Cuando ya estaban cerca de llegar, Jacob mandó que Judá se adelantara a fin de encontrarse con José y averiguar el camino a la región de Gosén. Cuando por fin llegaron,

29 José preparó su carro de guerra y viajó hasta Gosén para recibir a su padre Jacob. Cuando José llegó, corrió a los brazos de su padre y lloró sobre su hombro un largo rato.

30 Finalmente, Jacob le dijo a José: «Ahora estoy listo para morir porque he vuelto a ver tu rostro y sé que aún vives».

31 Entonces José dijo a sus hermanos y a toda la familia de su padre: «Iré al faraón y le diré: “Mis hermanos y toda la familia de mi padre han venido a verme desde la tierra de Canaán.