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Genesis 46:5

If we spiritualize this verse we may consider the means of grace as so many conveyances to carry our hearts to JESUS.

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See also Genesis 46:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jacob at Beer-sheba 1. _Beer-sheba_ Cf. Genesis 21:31; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 26:33; Genesis 28:10. Jacob, in...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Beer-sheba_ Jacob's home, as of his fathers, according to E (Genesis 21:31; Genesis 22:19). _the sons of Israel … Jacob their father_ It is not often that the two names are found in such close colloc...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ Jacob rose up from Be...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LITTLE ONES] rather,'household servants and their families.' 6-27. This passage is from the Priestly source, and shows its characteristic fondness for genealogies....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    From Hebron to Beer-sheba was 50 kilometres (30 miles). And from Beer-sheba to *Goshen was 300 kilometres (180 miles). When the brothers travelled to Egypt before, they took food for themselves and fo...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֥קָם יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִ בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB AND HIS FAMILY GO TO EGYPT Genesis 46:1 Evidently Joseph's invitation to his father to come to him in Egypt aroused very earnest questionings in Jacob's soul. Was it a wise step for him to take...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    A JOURNEY TOWARD REUNION Jacob had believed a lie so long that he could not accept the truth. It took hearing his sons repeat Joseph's words and seeing the carts he sent to convince him. Then, he said...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._And Jacob rose up_. By using the words “rose up,” Moses seems to denote that Jacob received new vigor from the vision. For although the former promises were not forgotten, yet the addition of the r...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JACOB ROSE UP FROM BEERSHEBA,.... In high spirits, and proceeded on in his journey, being encouraged and animated by the promises of God now made unto him: AND THE SONS OF ISRAEL CARRIED JACOB TH...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Jacob rose up from Beersheba, he continued his journey cheerfully; AND THE SONS OF ISRAEL CARRIED JACOB, THEIR FATHER, AND THEIR LITTLE ONES, AND THEIR WIVES, IN THE WAGONS WHICH PHARAOH HAD SENT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Journey over Beersheba to Egypt...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-27 We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 46:5 Jacob H3290 arose H6965 (H8799) Beersheba H884 sons H1121 Israel H3478 carried H5375 (H8799) father...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB GOES TO EGYPT (GENESIS 46:1) Genesis 46:1 ‘And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.' It is probable, alth...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Israel took his Journey with all that he had_ ISRAEL’S JOURNEY INTO EGYPT I. A JOURNEY WHICH THE PATRIARCH HAD NEVER EXPECTED TO TAKE, AND WHICH WAS FRAUGHT WITH CONSEQUENCES WHICH HE HAD NEVER...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 46:5 Jacob took everything he owned and his entire family with him to Egypt. ⇐ ⇔

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 46:1 Jacob brings his family to Egypt. Verses Genesis 46:1 describe the journey to Egypt. Verses G

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 46:1. Beersheba.] This was the frontier town, where Abraham and Isaac had acknowledged God (Genesis 21:33; Genesis 26:24)....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jacob. Acts 7:15 in the waggons. Genesis 31:17 Genesis 31:18 Genesis 45:19...

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