Study it in the app“Then 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.”
Then Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבset outיָּקָםfrom Beersheba,מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַעand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלcarriedיִּשְׂאוּJacobאֶת יַעֲקֹבtheir fatherאֲבִיהֶםand their little onesוְאֶת טַפָּםand their wivesוְאֶת נְשֵׁיהֶםin the cartsבָּעֲגָלוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרPharaohפַּרְעֹהhad sentשָׁלַחto carryלָשֵׂאתhim.אֹתוֹ
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” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsBeersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
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” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisu” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tapa” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appearscart, wagon
Cart, wagon drawn by oxen.
Where else “agalot” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appearsBeersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”
5 · This verse (above)
6They took their livestock and their goods that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him;
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?
