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They tookוַיִּקְחוּtheir livestockאֶת מִקְנֵיהֶםand their goodsוְאֶת רְכוּשָׁםthatאֲשֶׁרthey had acquiredרָכְשׁוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Egypt,מִצְרָיְמָהJacobיַעֲקֹבand allוְכָלhis offspringזַרְעוֹwith him;אִתּוֹ
Genesis 46:6
Study it in the app“They 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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:6, word by word
- They tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikchu” appears- their livestockמִקְנֵיmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- and their goodsרְכוּשָׁrechusha
possessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rechusha” appears- they had acquiredרָכְשׁוּrachshu
acquire
Gather goods, acquire.
Where else “rachshu” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” 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- his offspringזַרְעzar
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appears
Places in this verse
1Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
2Egypt
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
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7his sons and the sons of his sons with him, his daughters and the daughters of his sons, and all his offspring he brought with him to Egypt.
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?