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Verse Genesis 46:34. _THY SERVANTS TRADE HATH BEEN ABOUT CATTLE_]
"The land of Goshen, called also the land of _Rameses_, lay east of
the Nile, by which it was never overflowed, and was bounded by th...
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- Jacob Goes Down to Egypt
9. פלוּא _pallû'_, Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן
_chetsrôn_, Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי
_karmı̂y_, Karmi, “vine-dresser.”
10. ימוּאל _y__e__mû'êl_, Jem...
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CHAPTER 46 JACOB GOES DOWN TO EGYPT
_ 1. Israel's departure and the vision (Genesis 46:1)_
2. The journey and the arrival in Egypt (Genesis 46:5)
3. The offspring of the sons of Jacob (Genesis 46:8...
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GENESIS 46:1 TO GENESIS 47:12. JACOB AND HIS DESCENDANTS GO DOWN INTO
EGYPT AND SETTLE IN GOSHEN. The list in Genesis 46:8 with the
introductory verses...
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EVERY SHEPHERD IS AN ABOMINATION, &C.— Various reasons have been
assigned by the learned why shepherds were held in abomination by the
AEgyptians. There are so many proofs that shepherds, in general,...
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3. _Joseph as Prime Minister of Egypt_ (Genesis 41:46 to Genesis
47:31)
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king
of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,...
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_AND JOSEPH SAID UNTO HIS BRETHREN, AND UNTO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, I
WILL GO UP, AND SHEW PHARAOH, AND SAY UNTO HIM, MY BRETHREN, AND MY
FATHER'S HOUSE, WHICH WERE IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, ARE COME UNTO M...
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THE DESCENT OF JACOB INTO EGYPT. THE GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE
ISRAELITES
1-4. On reaching Beersheba, the southern boundary of the Promised
Land, Jacob offers sacrifices to God. In return God assures...
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EVERY SHEPHERD IS AN ABOMINATION TO THE EGYPTIANS] The reasons for
this dislike are disputed. 'Herdmen are represented on the monuments
as uncouth and ill clad. They led a rough, unsettled life in the...
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Joseph was afraid that his brothers would become slaves. So he told
them to emphasise that they kept animals. The inhabitants of Egypt
themselves kept few animals. They avoided people who kept animals...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 46
JACOB TRAVELS TO EGYPT
V1 So Israel set out on his journey and he took all his possessions
with him. He came to Beer-sheba. And there he gave...
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FOR EVERY SHEPHERD IS AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE EGYPTIANS. — This is
probably a remark of the narrator, and it is confirmed by the
monuments, which generally represent shepherds as unshaven and
ill-dres...
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וַ אֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁ֨י מִקְנֶ֜ה
הָי֤וּ עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ֙...
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PHARAOH WELCOME'S JOSEPH'S RELATIVES
Genesis 46:28; Genesis 47:1
What a meeting between father and son! If the old man were sitting in
the corner of the lumbering wagon, weary with the long journey,...
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This chapter should be read in the light of the whole divine movement
we are attempting to keep in mind. The migration of Jacob and his sons
to Egypt is here distinctly shown to be a part of God's pro...
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JOSEPH'S STATESMANSHIP
Joseph directed all the members of his father's household to say they
were shepherds. He well knew the attitude of the Egyptians toward
nomadic herdsmen. They thought of shephe...
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That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our
youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may
dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an (f)
ab...
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Abomination. See chap. xliii. 32. The source of this hatred against
foreign shepherds, was probably because, about 100 years before
Abraham, the shepherd-kings, Hycussos, had got possession of a great...
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Spiritually considered, this teaches the separation of GOD'S people
from the carnal world. 2 Corinthians 6:17. The abomination of the
Hebrews. See Exodus 8:26....
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REFLECTIONS
While, as a subject of particular providence, we read this Chapter to
remark, how the LORD graciously arrangeth and ordereth the
circumstances of his people so as to fulfil that promise, t...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 42 THROUGH 47.
At the same time another scene presents itself. His brethren, who had
rejected him, forced by famine, are brought, by the path of repentance
an...
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THAT YE SHALL SAY, THY SERVANTS' TRADE HATH BEEN ABOUT CATTLE,....
Breeding, feeding, and selling them:
FROM OUR YOUTH, EVEN UNTIL NOW: this had been their constant
employment, they never followed an...
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That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our
youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may
dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an abomin...
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_That ye may dwell in the land of Goshen_ In this choice, Joseph
showed both his prudence and his piety. As he was not ashamed to own
himself the brother of shepherds, although they were contemptible...
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1 Iacob is comforted by God at Beersheba.
5 Thence hee with his company goeth into Egypt.
8 The number of his family that went into Egypt.
28 Ioseph meeteth Iacob.
31 Hee instructeth his brethren...
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that ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our
youth even until now, being cattle-men was the traditional occupation
of the family, BOTH WE AND ALSO OUR FATHERS; THAT YE MAY DW...
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The Meeting of Jacob and Joseph...
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EIGHTH SECTION
_Israel’s emigration with his family to Egypt. The settlement in the
land of Goshen. Jacob and Pharaoh. Joseph’s political Economy.
Jacob’s charge concerning his burial at Canaan._
GE...
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JACOB AND HIS FAMILY MOVE TO EGYPT
(vs.1-27)
Nothing is said of the great amount of preparation they must make for
their journey, but Jacob is said to take the journey with all that he
had, which of...
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28-34 It was justice to Pharaoh to let him know that such a family
was come to settle in his dominions. If others put confidence in us,
we must not be so base as to abuse it by imposing upon them. Bu...
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In this design and choice Joseph shows both his prudence and piety. He
brings them not to court, where it had been easy for him to have put
them all into the best places and offices of the court; and...
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On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a
more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view
Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
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Genesis 46:34 say H559 (H8804) servants H5650 occupation H582
livestock H4735 youth H5271 fathers H1 dwell H3427 ...
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CONTENTS: Jacob's journey to Egypt and meeting with Joseph.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, brothers, their families, Pharaoh.
CONCLUSION: A glorious meeting day is coming after the trials and
mistakes o...
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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 patriarch...
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_They came into the land of Goshen_
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN GOSHEN
I. THE WISE POLICY OF THIS STEP.
II. THE BEHAVIOUR OF JOSEPH.
1. He determines to announce their arrival to P...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 46:31 Joseph prepares his brothers for a
possible meeting with Pharaoh. To guarantee that they will be given
the land of Goshen, he tells them to say they are KEEPERS OF LIVEST...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 46:8. And these are the names of the children of Israel, etc.]
“Catalogue of Jacob’s sons, grandchildren, and great-grand
children who went down into Egypt. The children are r...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 46:1
AND ISRAEL (as the head of the theocratic family) TOOK HIS
JOURNEY—_literally, broke up, _sc. his encampment (cf. Genesis
12:9)—WITH ALL THAT HE HAD, AND CAME—from Hebron ...