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Iאָנֹכִיwill go downאֵרֵדwith youעִמְּךָto Egypt,מִצְרַיְמָהand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill alsoגַםsurely bring you up;אַעַלְךָ עָלֹהand Josephוְיוֹסֵףwill putיָשִׁיתhis handיָדוֹonעַלyour eyes.”עֵינֶיךָ
Genesis 46:4
Study it in the app“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:4, word by word
- will go downאֵרֵדered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “ered” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears- surely bring you upאַעַלְaal
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “aal” appears- and Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- will putיָשִׁיתyashit
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yashit” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears
Translation note
The gesture refers to closing the eyes of the one who dies.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5Then Jacob set out from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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?