Génesis 46:31

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.

Génesis 46:31 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:31

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and to his father's house,
&c.] To them and their families, after he had paid his filial respects to his father, in honour, reverence, and affection:

I will go up and shew Pharaoh;
acquaint him that his father and all his family were come to Egypt; he says, "I will go up"; which same phrase is used of him, ( Genesis 46:29 ) ; when he came, and carries some difficulty in it how to account for it, that he should be said to go up when he came, and to go up when he returned. Some have thought of upper Egypt, others of the upper part of the Nile, and others, that Pharaoh's palace was situated on an eminence; but then, as it is to be supposed he went the same road he came, it would have been said, that when he came, he came down; what Ben Melech suggests seems most agreeable, I will go up to my chariot, mount that, and return to Pharaoh, and give him an account of his father's arrival, which it was very proper, prudent, and politic to do:

and say unto him, my brethren, and my father's house, which [were] in
the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
not merely to pay him a visit, but to continue there.

Génesis 46:31 In-Context

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.

32 Son pastores y crían animales. Han traído sus rebaños y sus manadas y todo lo que poseen”».

33 Después dijo: «Cuando el faraón los llame y les pregunte a qué se dedican,