Genesis 46:1-43

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 46:1-34

Genesis 46:2. In the visions of the night. It was a practice of the ancient Romans to undertake nothing of importance without consulting the gods, a practice derived no doubt from the holy patriarchs. Jacob had offered sacrifice, but God did not choose to speak to him till the silence of night had closed the eyes of men. Genesis 46:8. These are the names. This chronology, like most of the others, has its difficulties, when compared with Numbers 26:0. and 1 Chronicles. The orthography is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 46:1-7

Genesis 46:1-7And Israel took his Journey with all that he hadIsrael’s journey into EgyptI.A JOURNEY WHICH THE PATRIARCH HAD NEVER EXPECTED TO TAKE, AND WHICH WAS FRAUGHT WITH CONSEQUENCES WHICH HE HAD NEVER HOPED TO SEE. II. THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT IN WHICH THE PATRIARCH ENTERED UPON THIS JOURNEY. III. WHEN THE PATRIARCH SOUGHT THE LORD AT BEER-SHEBA, HE APPEARED TO HIM AND BLESSED HIM. 1. The Lord appeared to His servant, when he had offered up his sacrifices to Him. 2. The very gracious manner... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 46:3-4

Genesis 46:3-4And He said, I am God, the God of thy father, fear not to go down into EgyptDivine assurance vouchsafed to JacobNot the invitation of Pharaoh, not the urgent message of Joseph, not even the warmth of his own love alone, carried Jacob out of Canaan.These furnished the occasion and the impulse, but the head of the covenant people did not leave the Land of Promise without the warrant of his covenant God. There were four promises. 1. “I will make of thee a great nation,” a promise... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 46:8-27

Genesis 46:8-27And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into EgyptThe catalogue of the children of IsraelI.IT MARKS THE COMMENCEMENT, AND GIVES THE OUTLINE OF, THE NATION’S HISTORY. II. IT MARKS THE TRIBE OF THE MESSIAH. III. THE NAMES ARE SIGNIFICANT. Thus the names of Reuben’s sons signify: “teacher,” “distinguished,” “beautiful one,” “noble one.” These express a sanguine hope. Also the names of Levi’s sons signify: “expulsion of the profane,” “congregation of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 46:28-34

Genesis 46:28-34They came into the land of GoshenThe settlement of the children of Israel in GoshenI.THE WISE POLICY OF THIS STEP. II. THE BEHAVIOUR OF JOSEPH. 1. He determines to announce their arrival to Pharaoh (Genesis 46:31). 2. He gives instructions to his brethren (Genesis 46:32; Genesis 46:34). (T. H. Leale.)Jacob and JosephI. A DIVINE PROMISE. 1. The occasion on which it was given. Jacob having heard that Joseph was alive, was anxious to see his son once more. Felt he could hardly... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 46:1

Gen 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. Ver. 1. And came to Beersheba. ] A place, (1.) Consecrated to God’s worship; (2.) Where he and his fathers had met God, and received many mercies; (3.) That lay in his way from Hebron to Egypt. But say it had been out of his way; yet it had been nothing out of his way to go thither and seek God. A whet is no let; a bait by the way no hindrance; the oiling... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 46:2

Gen 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I. Ver. 2. Here am I. ] Josephus tells us, a he said, Who is there? He seems never seriously to have read the Bible; but only in transcursu, et quasi aliud agens. Is not that then a proper excuse for the Church of Rome’s sacrilege, in robbing the common people of the Holy Scriptures, that she allows them to read Josephus, where they may find the history of the Old Testament more... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 46:3

Gen 46:3 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: Ver. 3. Fear not to go down into Egypt. ] Cause of fear he might see sufficient; but God would have him not to look downward on the rushing and roaring streams of miseries that ran so swiftly under him and his posterity, but steadfastly fasten on his power and providence, who was his God, and the God of his father. He loves to perfect his strength in our... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 46:4

Gen 46:4 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. Ver. 4. I will go down with thee. ] That was as good security as could be. For if Caesar could say to the fearful ferryman, in a terrible storm, Be of good cheer, thou carriest Caesar, and therefore canst not miscarry; a how much more may he presume to be safe that hath God in his company! A child in the dark fears nothing while he hath his father by the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 46:5

Gen 46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: 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. Ver. 5. And Jacob rose up from Beersheba. ] The word "rose up" is emphatical, and imports that his heart was lightened, and his joints oiled and nimbled, as it were, with the heavenly vision. As when he had seen God at Bethel, he "lift up his feet," and went on his way lustily; Gen 29:1 so here, as fast as his... read more

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