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Genesis 46:28

in Genesis 46

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

KJV

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

This verse in Genesis 46

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis · Written before 420.

(v. 28) But Judah was sent ahead of him to Joseph, to meet him in the city of Heroum in the land of Ramesse. In Hebrew, there is no city called Heroum, nor a land called Ramesse, but only Gesen. Some Jews assert that Gesen is now called Thebaid. And what follows afterwards: He gave them the best land in Egypt, in Ramesse, which they believe to be the village called Arsenoites in ancient times.

This site's exposition

sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph

Jacob sends Judah ahead to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. Adam Clarke reads the errand as given him on the strength of the speech he made in chapter 44. The brother who proposed the sale is now the one sent first. Genesis keeps putting Judah in front until chapter 49 hands him the sceptre.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. The divine precept is, In all thy ways acknowledge God; and the promise annexed to it is, He shall direct thy paths.

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And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

In the other world weeping will be restrained to sorrow only; in heaven there is perfect joy, but no tears of joy: all tears, even those, shall there be wiped away, because the joys there are, as no joys are here, without any alloy.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

He sent Judah before him unto Joseph - Judah was certainly a man of sense, and also an eloquent man; and of him Joseph must have had a very favorable opinion from the speech he delivered before him, Gen 44:18, etc.; he was therefore chosen as the most proper person to go before and announce Jacob’s arrival to his son Joseph.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

he sent Judah before him unto Joseph--This precautionary measure was obviously proper for apprising the king of the entrance of so large a company within his territories; moreover, it was necessary in order to receive instruction from Joseph as to the locale of their future settlement.

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The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • יְהוּדָ֞הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • שָׁלַ֤חhe sent

    shalachH7971845 times

  • לְפָנָיו֙<to> before him

    lefanavH64402123 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph

    yosefH3130213 times

  • לְהוֹרֹ֥תto show

    lehorotH3384

  • לְפָנָ֖יו<to> before him

    lefanavH64402123 times

  • גֹּ֑שְׁנָהGoshen towards

    goshenahH165715 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they went

    vaiyavouH9352568 times

  • אַ֥רְצָה[the] land of towards

    ʾartzahH7762504 times

  • גֹּֽשֶׁן׃Goshen

    goshenH165715 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 49:8

    Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 27:29

      May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you…

    • Hebrews 7:14

      For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

    • 1 Chronicles 5:2

      And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

    • Deuteronomy 33:7

      And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his…

  • Through

    Genesis 45:10

    You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 8:22

      But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I,…

    • Exodus 9:26

      The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

  • Through

    Genesis 46:34

    you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 8:26

      But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable…

    • Genesis 43:32

      They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.