# Genesis 46 📖: Jacob Moves to Egypt
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> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### The Family of Jacob goes to Egypt
[[#Verse 01.]] So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
[[#Verse 02.]] God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”
[[#Verse 03.]] He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
[[#Verse 04.]] I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”
[[#Verse 05.]] Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.
[[#Verse 06.]] Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.
[[#Verse 07.]] He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters—all his descendants.
[[#Verse 08.]] These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt—Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.
[[#Verse 09.]] The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
[[#Verse 10.]] The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman).
[[#Verse 11.]] The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[[#Verse 12.]] The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
[[#Verse 13.]] The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
[[#Verse 14.]] The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
[[#Verse 15.]] These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.
[[#Verse 16.]] The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
[[#Verse 17.]] The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister.
The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel.
[[#Verse 18.]] These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.
[[#Verse 19.]] The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.
[[#Verse 20.]] Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him.
[[#Verse 21.]] The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.
[[#Verse 22.]] These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.
[[#Verse 23.]] The son of Dan: Hushim.
[[#Verse 24.]] The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
[[#Verse 25.]] These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.
[[#Verse 26.]] All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob’s sons.)
[[#Verse 27.]] Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.
[[#Verse 28.]] Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.
[[#Verse 29.]] Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.
[[#Verse 30.]] Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
[[#Verse 31.]] Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, ‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.
[[#Verse 32.]] The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
[[#Verse 33.]] Pharaoh will summon you and say, ‘What is your occupation?’
[[#Verse 34.]] Tell him, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians.”
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Beersheba was where Abraham and Isaac had both worshiped (21:33; 26:23-25).
2. This is the last time God speaks to Jacob in a vision (46:2).
3. Jacob's family numbered seventy when they went to Egypt (46:27).
4. Stephen gives the number as seventy-five (Acts 7:14), following the Greek Old Testament, which counts more of Joseph's descendants.
5. Jacob was 130 when he arrived in Egypt (47:9).
6. Judah was sent ahead to get directions to Goshen (46:28).
7. Shepherds were detestable to Egyptians (46:34).
8. Living in Goshen kept Israel separate from Egyptian culture while they grew into a nation.
9. The family list follows the order of Leah, Zilpah, Rachel, and Bilhah's children.
10. Joseph wept on his father's neck for a long time (46:29).
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the One who goes with us and brings us home. God promised to go down to Egypt with Jacob and bring him back (46:4), and Jesus promises to be with us always (Matthew 28:20).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Jacob stopped at Beersheba to worship before leaving the land (46:1). Why is it wise to seek God before a major change?
2. God told Jacob not to be afraid to go down to Egypt (46:3). What fears do you have about the next step God is asking of you?
3. Jacob said he could die in peace now that he had seen Joseph (46:30). What does this reunion show about God's faithfulness?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 3: Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt.
- 📖 verse 4: God promises to go with Jacob and bring him back.
- 📖 verse 29: Joseph and Jacob are reunited.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Exodus 01#Verse 01.|Exodus 1:1-7]] - Israel grows in Egypt.
- 🔗 [[Acts 07#Verse 14.|Acts 7:14-15]] - Jacob goes down to Egypt.
- 🔗 [[Deuteronomy 26#Verse 05.|Deuteronomy 26:5]] - My father was a wandering Aramean.
- 🔗 [[Matthew 28#Verse 20.|Matthew 28:20]] - I am with you always.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 105#Verse 23.|Psalm 105:23-24]] - Israel came into Egypt.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Genesis 46- SOAP|God Walks With Us To The End]]
## 📂 Internal Notes