Genesis 46:28

Jacob sent Judah on ahead to meet Joseph and find out the way to Goshen. When they arrived in Goshen,

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

In Context

27Including the two sons Joseph had in Egypt, the total number of Jacob's family who were in Egypt was seventy.

29Joseph ordered his chariot made ready and went to meet his father Israel there. As soon as he arrived, he hugged his father and wept for a long time.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:8Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy in my care, and we'll leave immediately, so that we can stay alive and not die—and that includes you and us and our children!

Genesis 45:10You'll live in the land of Goshen so you can be close to me with your children and grandchildren, and with your flocks and herds and everything that belongs to you.

Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will defeat your enemies. Your father's sons shall bow down to you in respect.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:6-28

Jacob's Removal to Egypt. ( b. c. 1706.) 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: 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. 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: 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. 8 And these are the… Read the whole commentary →

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