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Genesis 46:5

in Genesis 46

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: 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.

KJV

And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: 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.

This verse in Genesis 46

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Jacob departed from Beersheba

on Genesis 46:5-6

They go down in the wagons Pharaoh sent, with their children and wives. They take the livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and the land itself stays behind them. Jacob and all his offspring go into Egypt.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba,....

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיָּ֥קָםand he arose

    vaiyakomH6965628 times

  • יַעֲקֹ֖בJacob

    yaakoH3290350 times

  • מִבְּאֵ֣רfrom Beer

    mibeerH88468 times

  • שָׁ֑בַעSheba

    shava'H88468 times

  • וַיִּשְׂא֨וּand they carried

    vaiyisuH5375656 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] sons of

    venei-H11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • יַעֲקֹ֣בJacob

    yaakoH3290350 times

  • אֲבִיהֶ֗םfather their

    ʾavihemH11212 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • טַפָּם֙little one[s] their

    tapamH294542 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • נְשֵׁיהֶ֔םwives their

    nesheihemH802781 times

  • בָּעֲגָל֕וֹתin the carts

    baagalotH569925 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • שָׁלַ֥חhe had sent

    shalachH7971845 times

  • פַּרְעֹ֖הPharaoh

    parohH6547274 times

  • לָשֵׂ֥אתto carry

    lasetH5375656 times

  • אֹתֽוֹ׃<obj.> him

    ʾotoH85310935 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 45:21

    So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 45:19

      You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Genesis 45:27

    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 85:6

      Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

    • Isaiah 57:15

      For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…

    • Hosea 6:2

      After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

    • 1 Samuel 30:12

      a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

  • Through

    Genesis 45:19

    You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 45:27

      However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.

    • Isaiah 49:1

      Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

  • Through

    Exodus 10:26

    Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we…

    it leads to

    • Hosea 5:6

      They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

About Genesis

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