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Genesis 46:17
Genesis 46:17
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Genesis 46 — OverviewGenesis 46 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJacob 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…Genesis 46 — OverviewGenesis 46 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 46:1, Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba; Genesis 46:5, Thence he with his company goes into Egypt; Genesis 46:8, The number of his family that went into Egypt; Genesis 46:28, Joseph meets Jacob; Genesis…Genesis 46 — OverviewGenesis 46 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn 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; and an…Genesis 46:5-27Genesis 46:5-27 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleOld Jacob is here flitting. Little did he think of ever leaving Canaan;
he expected, no doubt, to die in his nest, and to leave his seed in
actual possession of the promised land: but Providence orders it…Genesis 46:17Genesis 46:17 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd the sons of Asher,.... Another son of Jacob by Leah's maid Zilpah, whose sons were,Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; who is called Sarah, Nu 26:46, and by the Septuagint here. She…