Genesis 46:1
Then Israel tooke his iourney with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifice vnto the God of his father Izhak.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by night, saying, Iaakob, Iaakob. Who answered, I am here.
Cross References
Genesis 8:20Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, and offered burnt offerings vpon the altar.
Genesis 21:14So Abraham arose vp early in ye morning, and tooke bread, and a bottell of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the childe also, and sent her away: who departing wandred in the wildernesse of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 21:33And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of ye Lord, the euerlasting God.
Genesis 26:22Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lord hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.
Genesis 28:13And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, and sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.
Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.
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 →