Genesis 46:28

Genesis 46:28

26 ^aAll the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, ^bbesides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.

27 And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. ^aAll the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

Jacob Settles in Goshen

28 Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, ^ato point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came ^bto the land of Goshen.

29 So Joseph made ready his ^achariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and ^bfell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

30 And Israel said to Joseph, ^a“Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, ^a“I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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ARRIVAL IN EGYPT. (Genesis 46:28-34)

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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