1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba.
5 Thence he with his company goes into Egypt.
8 The number of his family that went into Egypt.
28 Joseph meets Jacob.
31 He instructs his brethren how to answer Pharaoh.

A.M. 2298. B.C. 1706. Beer-sheba. 21:14,31,33 26:22,23 28:10 1Sa 3:20

and offered. 4:4 8:20 12:8 22:13 33:20 35:3,7 Job 1:5 42:8

unto. 21:33 26:23,25 28:13 31:42,53

2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

in the visions. 15:1,13 22:11 Nu 12:6 24:4 2Ch 26:5 Job 4:13 33:14,15 Da 2:19 Ac 9:10 10:3 16:9

Jacob. 22:1 Ex 3:3,4 1Sa 3:4,10 Ac 9:4 10:13

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:

the God. 28:13

fear not. 15:1,13 26:2,3 Isa 41:10 43:1,2 Jer 40:9 Ac 27:24

I will. 12:2 13:15,16 18:18 22:17 28:14 35:11 47:27 Ex 1:7-10 De 1:10 10:22 26:5 Ac 7:17

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.

will go. 28:15 48:21 Isa 43:1,2

and I will. 15:14-16 50:5,13,24,25 Ex 3:8

and Joseph. This last and most solemn office, as Mr. Hewlett observes, that could be paid to a parent, was generally performed by the nearest relation of the deceased. This promise must have given great consolation to the venerable patriarch's mind.

50:1

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.

Jacob. Ac 7:15

in the waggons. 31:17,18 45:19,21,27 Ex 10:24,26

6 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:

into Egypt. 15:13 Nu 20:15 De 10:22 26:5 Jos 24:4 1Sa 12:8 Ps 105:23 Isa 52:4 Ac 7:15

7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

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8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

the names. 29:1-30:43 35:23 49:1-33 Ex 1:1-5 6:14-18 1Ch 2:1-55 8:1-40

Reuben. 29:32 35:22,23 49:3,4 Ex 6:14 Nu 1:5,20,21 2:10-13 26:12,13 1Ch 2:1-10

9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

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10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

Simeon. 29:33 34:25,30 49:5-7 Ex 6:15 Nu 1:6,22,23 2:12,13 26:12,13 1Ch 2:1 4:24-43

Jemuel. or, Nemuel.
Jachin. or, Jarib.
Zohar. or, Zerah. 1Ch 4:24

Canaanitish. 28:1

11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi. 29:34 49:5-7 Ex 6:16 Nu 3:17-22 26:57,58 De 33:8-11 1Ch 2:1,11,16 6:1-3 22:1-26:32

Gershon. or, Gershom. 1Ch 6:16

12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Judah. 29:35 38:1-3,7,10,24-30 49:8-12 Nu 1:7,26,27 26:19-21 De 33:7 Jud 1:2 1Ch 2:1,3,5 3:1-24 4:1,21 5:2 Ps 78:68 Mt 1:1-3 Heb 7:14 Re 5:5

13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

Issachar. 30:14-18 35:23 49:14,15 Nu 1:8,28-30 26:23-25 De 33:18 1Ch 2:1 7:1-5 12:32

Phuvah. or, Puah.
Job. or, Jashub. 1Ch 7:1

14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

Zebulun. 30:19,20 49:13 Nu 1:9,30,31 26:26,27 De 33:18,19 1Ch 2:1

15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

Leah. 29:32-35 30:17-21 35:23 49:3-15 Ex 1:2,3 Nu 1:1-54 10:1-36 Nu 26:1-65

with his. 30:21 34:1

16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

sons of. 30:11 35:26 49:19 Nu 1:11,24,25 26:15-17 De 33:20,21 1Ch 2:2 1Ch 5:11-16

Ziphion. or, Zephon.
Ezbon. or, Ozni.
Arodi. or, Arod. Nu 26:15-17

17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

Asher. 30:13 35:26 49:20 Nu 1:13,40,41 26:44-46 De 33:24 1Ch 2:2 1Ch 7:30-40

18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

Zilpah. 29:24 30:9-13 35:26 Ex 1:4

19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

Rachel. 29:18 30:24 35:16-18,24 44:27 Ex 1:3,5 1Ch 2:2

Joseph. 37:1-36 39:1-23 40:1-45:28 47:1-31 49:22-27 50:1 Nu 1:36,37 Nu 26:38-41 De 33:12-17

20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

Manasseh. 41:50-52 48:4,5,13,14,20 Nu 1:32-35 26:28-37 De 33:13-17 1Ch 5:23-26 7:14-29

priest. or, prince. 41:45,50

21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

the sons. 49:27 Nu 1:11,36,37 De 33:12 1Ch 7:6-12 8:1-7

Ehi. Nu 26:38

Ahiram.
Muppim. Nu 26:39

Shupham. 1Ch 7:12

Shuppim.
Huppim. Nu 26:39

Hupham.

22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

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23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

Dan. 30:6 35:25 49:16,17 Nu 1:12,38,39 10:25 De 33:22 1Ch 2:2 7:12 1Ch 12:35

Hushim. Nu 26:42,43

Shuham.

24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

Naphtali. 30:7,8 35:25 49:21 Nu 1:15,42,43 26:48-50 De 33:23 2Ki 15:29 1Ch 2:2 12:34

Jahzeel. 1Ch 7:13

Jahziel.

25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

Bilhah. 29:29 30:3-8 35:22,25 Ex 1:2

26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

loins. Heb. thigh. 35:11 Ex 1:5 Jud 8:30

27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

threescore and ten. Threescore and six were before mentioned, (ver 26) so that Joseph and his two sons, along with Jacob himself, complete the seventy persons enumerated; and the number in verses 15,18,22, and 25 amount to that number. The addition of five persons in the LXX. in verse 20, was either the cause or the consequence of another difference here; for in that version the number is seventy-five verses 15,18,22,25.

Ex 1:5 24:1 De 10:22 Ac 7:14

28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

Judah. 43:8 44:16-34 49:8

to direct. 31:21

Goshen. Goshen seems to have been a city, after which the land of Goshen was called. The Lxx. render it by [], `city of Heroon;' which by some writers is simply called {Heroum}, and is by the ancient geographers placed in the eastern part of Egypt, not far from the Arabian Gulf.

34 45:10 47:1

29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

his chariot. 41:43 45:19,21

fell on. 33:4 45:14 Lu 15:20 Ac 20:37

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

45:28 Lu 2:29,30

31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

45:16-20 47:1-3 Ac 18:3 Heb 2:11

32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

shepherds. 4:2 31:18 37:2 47:3 Ex 3:1 1Sa 16:11 17:15 Ps 78:70-72 Isa 40:11 Zec 13:5

their trade hath been to feed cattle. Heb. they are men of cattle. 34 9:20 1Ki 9:27 18:5,6

and they. 45:10

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

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34 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 abomination unto the Egyptians.

Thy servants. 32 30:35 34:5 37:12

for every. From the fragments of Manetho, preserved in Josephus and Africanus, it appears that hordes of marauders, call {hycassos}, or shepherd kings, whose chief occupation, like the Dedouin Arabs of the present dya, was to keep flocks, made a powerful irruption into Egypt, which they subdued, and ruled, by a succession of kings, with great tyranny for 259 years. Hence the persons, and even the very name of shepherds were execrated, and held in the greatest odium by the Egyptians.

43:32 Ex 8:26