Genesis 46:5-27

5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel’s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.

6 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan.

7 Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.

8 These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.

9 The sons of Reuben: Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.

10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah,^[a] Jashub^[b] and Shimron.

14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

15 These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,^[c] besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

16 The sons of Gad: Zephon,^[d] Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel.

18 These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.

19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

20 In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.^[e]

21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

22 These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.

23 The son of Dan: Hushim.

24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

25 These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.

26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob—those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons’ wives—numbered sixty-six persons.

27 With the two sons^[f] who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy^[g] in all.

Genesis 46:5-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 46

In this chapter we are told, that Jacob with all his family and substance took a journey to Egypt to see his son Joseph, as he determined, in which he was encouraged to proceed by a vision from God, Ge 46:1-7; and an account is given of all his sons, his sons' sons and daughters that went thither with him, Ge 46:8-27; when he came near to Egypt he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to acquaint him of his coming, who met him at Goshen, where there was a most affectionate interview between them, Ge 46:28-30; and when he gave directions and instructions what answers to give to Pharaoh's questions, when they should appear before him, to whom he proposed to go and inform him of their being come into Egypt, Ge 46:31-34.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 21:14
• 2. ver 1
• 3. S Genesis 45:19
• 4. S Genesis 45:20
• 5. S Genesis 12:5
• 6. Numbers 20:15; Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4; Psalms 105:23; Isaiah 52:4; Acts 7:15
• 7. Genesis 13:10
• 8. ver 6; Genesis 45:10
• 9. S Genesis 35:26; Exodus 1:1; Numbers 26:4
• 10. S Genesis 29:32
• 11. Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:7; 1 Chronicles 5:3
• 12. Numbers 26:5; 1 Chronicles 5:3
• 13. Numbers 26:6
• 14. S Genesis 29:33; Numbers 26:14
• 15. Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12
• 16. Numbers 26:13
• 17. S Genesis 29:34; S Numbers 3:17
• 18. Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:21; Numbers 4:38
• 19. Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 23:12
• 20. Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20,33; Numbers 4:29; Numbers 26:57; 1 Chronicles 6:19
• 21. S Genesis 29:35
• 22. S Genesis 38:3
• 23. S Genesis 38:4
• 24. S Genesis 38:29
• 25. S Genesis 38:30
• 26. S Genesis 38:7; Numbers 26:19
• 27. 1 Chronicles 2:5; Matthew 1:3
• 28. S Genesis 30:18
• 29. Numbers 26:23; Judges 10:1; 1 Chronicles 7:1
• 30. Numbers 26:24
• 31. S Genesis 30:20
• 32. S Genesis 25:20; Genesis 29:31-35
• 33. S Genesis 30:21
• 34. S Genesis 30:11; S Numbers 1:25
• 35. Numbers 26:15
• 36. S Genesis 30:13; 1 Chronicles 7:30-31
• 37. Genesis 30:10
• 38. S Genesis 16:1; Genesis 29:24
• 39. S Genesis 29:6
• 40. Genesis 44:27
• 41. S Genesis 41:51
• 42. S Genesis 41:52
• 43. Numbers 26:28-37
• 44. S Genesis 41:45
• 45. Numbers 26:38-41; 1 Chronicles 7:6-12; 1 Chronicles 8:1
• 46. Numbers 26:40; 1 Chronicles 8:3
• 47. S Genesis 29:6
• 48. S Genesis 30:6
• 49. Numbers 26:42
• 50. S Genesis 30:8
• 51. Genesis 30:8
• 52. S Genesis 24:61; Genesis 29:29
• 53. ver 5-7; Exodus 1:5; Deuteronomy 10:22
• 54. S Genesis 41:45
• 55. S Genesis 34:30; Acts 7:14

Footnotes

• [a]. Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text "Puvah"
• [b]. Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text "Iob"
• [c]. That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
• [d]. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text "Ziphion"
• [e]. That is, Heliopolis
• [f]. Hebrew; Septuagint "the nine children"
• [g]. Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) "seventy-five"