Genesis 46:5
in Genesis 46Then 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.
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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.
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This verse in Genesis 46
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis 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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֥קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֖ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| מִבְּאֵ֣ר | mibeer | from Beer | H884 → | 68 times |
| שָׁ֑בַע | shava' | Sheba | H884 → | 68 times |
| וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ | vaiyisu | and they carried | H5375 → | 656 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֣ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| אֲבִיהֶ֗ם | ʾavihem | father their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| טַפָּם֙ | tapam | little one[s] their | H2945 → | 42 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם | nesheihem | wives their | H802 → | 781 times |
| בָּעֲגָל֕וֹת | baagalot | in the carts | H5699 → | 25 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁלַ֥ח | shalach | he had sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֖ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| לָשֵׂ֥את | laset | to carry | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֹתֽוֹ׃ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
וַיָּ֥קָםand he arose
vaiyakomH6965 →628 times
יַעֲקֹ֖בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
מִבְּאֵ֣רfrom Beer
mibeerH884 →68 times
שָׁ֑בַעSheba
shava'H884 →68 times
וַיִּשְׂא֨וּand they carried
vaiyisuH5375 →656 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] sons of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַעֲקֹ֣בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
אֲבִיהֶ֗םfather their
ʾavihemH1 →1212 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
טַפָּם֙little one[s] their
tapamH2945 →42 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
נְשֵׁיהֶ֔םwives their
nesheihemH802 →781 times
בָּעֲגָל֕וֹתin the carts
baagalotH5699 →25 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁלַ֥חhe had sent
shalachH7971 →845 times
פַּרְעֹ֖הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
לָשֵׂ֥אתto carry
lasetH5375 →656 times
אֹתֽוֹ׃<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 45:21So 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.
- Genesis 45:19
Through
Genesis 45:27However, 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.
- Psalms 85:6
Through
Genesis 45:19You 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.
- Genesis 45:27
Through
Exodus 10:26Even 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.
- Hosea 5:6
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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.
