Genesis 46:6
in Genesis 46They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
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ASV
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
KJV
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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This verse in Genesis 46
Commentary
3 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 their wives, and take the livestock and possessions they had acquired in Canaan. The land stays behind them, and they carry out only what they had gathered in it. Jacob and all his offspring go into Egypt together.
This site's exposition
They also took the livestock
Pharaoh had told them at 45:20 to pay no regard to their goods, and they brought the herds anyway. The flocks were their trade, and at 46:32 Joseph presents them to Pharaoh as shepherds with their livestock. The animals earn them Goshen.
The record, by era
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And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan,....
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְח֣וּ | vaiyikchu | and they took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם | mikneihem | livestock their | H4735 → | 76 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רְכוּשָׁם֙ | rekhusham | possession[s] their | H7399 → | 28 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָֽכְשׁוּ֙ | rakheshu | they had accumulated | H7408 → | 5 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּנַ֔עַן | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יְמָה | mitzrayemah | Egypt towards | H4714 → | 641 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֖ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זַרְע֥וֹ | zaro | offspring his | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אִתּֽוֹ׃ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
וַיִּקְח֣וּand they took
vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִקְנֵיהֶ֗םlivestock their
mikneihemH4735 →76 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רְכוּשָׁם֙possession[s] their
rekhushamH7399 →28 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רָֽכְשׁוּ֙they had accumulated
rakheshuH7408 →5 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
כְּנַ֔עַןCanaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
מִצְרָ֑יְמָהEgypt towards
mitzrayemahH4714 →641 times
יַעֲקֹ֖בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
זַרְע֥וֹoffspring his
zaroH2233 →229 times
אִתּֽוֹ׃with him
ʾitoH854 →929 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
Deuteronomy 26:5and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 46:27
And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
- Genesis 43:1–2
Now the famine was still severe in the land.
- Genesis 31:20
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
- Genesis 31:24
But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
- Deuteronomy 10:22
Through
Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
it leads to
- Acts 13:17
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
- Acts 7:11–15
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- Acts 13:17
Through
Acts 7:15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
it leads to
- Genesis 49:33
When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 49:33
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis

Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
- PlaceThe NileEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and…
- PlaceThe LevantCanaanThe land God promised to Abraham's seed, walked and marked with altars by the patriarchs and possessed under Joshua four centuries…
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.
