Genesis 46:1
Then Israel set out on his journey with all that he had. He went to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
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2God spoke to Israel in a vision by night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” He answered. “Here I am.”
Cross References
Genesis 8:20Noah built an altar to the Lord and took one of every beast and bird that was fit for sacrifice and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
Genesis 21:14Then Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, and he put the boy upon her shoulder and sent her away. So she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:33Abraham, however, planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
Genesis 26:22He moved on from these and dug another well; and over that one there was no dispute. So he called it Rehoboth, and said, “For now the Lord has made room for us and we will be fruitful in the land.”
Genesis 28:13The Lord also stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, God of Abraham and God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your children.
Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor” (the God of their ancestors) “judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:1
Jacob is here removing to Egypt in his old age, forced thither by a famine, and invited thither by a son. Here, I. God sends him thither, ver. 1-4 . II. All his family goes with him, ver. 5-27 . III. Joseph bids him welcome, ver. 28-34 . Read the whole commentary →