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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםspokeוַיֹּאמֶרto Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלin visionsבְּמַרְאֹתof the nightהַלַּיְלָהand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Jacob,יַעֲקֹבJacob!”יַעֲקֹבAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am.”הִנֵּנִי
Genesis 46:2
Study it in the app“Elohim spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:2, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- spokeיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- in visionsמַרְאֹתmarot
vision
What God shows someone in dreams or awake: a vision.
Where else “marot” appears- of the nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- “Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears
The context
1Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the Elohim of his father Isaac.
2 · This verse (above)
3He said, “I am El, the Elohim of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.
To study Genesis 46 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim say to Israel at Beersheba, and what happened when he met Joseph (vv. 2-4, 29)?
2. What it means
Why does Elohim say to him, “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt” (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
What change that frightens you can you place in Elohim’s hands today?