Genesis 46:28

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sent	שָׁלַ֤ח sha.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Judah	יְהוּדָ֞ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a man's name
him	לְפָנָיו֙ le.fa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Joseph	יוֹסֵ֔ף yo.Sef	H3130	Joseph · proper noun, a man's name
direct	לְהוֹרֹ֥ת le.ho.Rot	H3384	properly · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
face	לְפָנָ֖יו le.fa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Goshen	גֹּ֑שְׁנָה Go.she.nah	H1657	Goshen · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix
came	וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
land	אַ֥רְצָה 'Ar.tzah	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct + directional suffix
Goshen	גֹּֽשֶׁן Go.shen	H1657	Goshen · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Genesis 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flo…
Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Genesis 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and…
Genesis 44:16-34 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy…
Genesis 46:34-47:1 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwel…
Genesis 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down befo…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:28–end

We have here, I. The joyful meeting between Jacob and his son Joseph, in which observe, 1. Jacob's prudence in sending Judah before him to Joseph, to give him notice of his arrival in Goshen. This was a piece of respect owing to the government, under the protection of which these strangers had come to put themselves, Gen 46:28. We should be very careful not to give offence to any, especially not to the higher powers. 2. Joseph's filial respect to him. He went in his chariot to met him, and, in the interview, showed, (1.) How much he honoured him: He presented himself unto him. Note, It is the duty of children to reverence their parents, yea, though Providence, as to outward condition, has ad…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 46:28

ARRIVAL IN EGYPT. (Gen 46:28-34) he sent Judah before him unto Joseph--This precautionary measure was obviously proper for apprising the king of the entrance of so large a company within his territories; moreover, it was necessary in order to receive instruction from Joseph as to the locale of their future settlement.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 46:28

He sent Judah before him unto Joseph - Judah was certainly a man of sense, and also an eloquent man; and of him Joseph must have had a very favorable opinion from the speech he delivered before him, Gen 44:18, etc.; he was therefore chosen as the most proper person to go before and announce Jacob's arrival to his son Joseph. To direct his face unto Goshen - The land of Goshen is the same, according to the Septuagint, as the land of Rameses, and Goshen itself the same as Heroopolis, 'Ἡρωων πολις Heroonpolis, the city of heroes, a name by which it went in the days of the Septuagint, and which it still retained in the time of Josephus, for he makes use of the same term in speaking of this plac…

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John Gill on Genesis 46:28

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph,.... Who was the more honourable of his sons, and in greater esteem with Jacob than his elder brethren were, Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, who by their conduct had greatly displeased him: moreover, he was a man of a polite address, and had endeared himself to Joseph by his speech to him, in which he discovered so much affection both to his father, and his brother Benjamin, and was upon all accounts the fittest person to be sent to Joseph: to direct his face unto Goshen; to inform Joseph of his father's coming, that a place might be prepared for him to dwell in, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it; and particularly to direct what p…

The Church Fathers

(v. 28) But Judah was sent ahead of him to Joseph, to meet him in the city of Heroum in the land of Ramesse. In Hebrew, there is no city called Heroum, nor a land called Ramesse, but only Gesen. Some Jews assert that Gesen is now called Thebaid. And what follows afterwards: He gave them the best land in Egypt, in Ramesse, which they believe to be the village called Arsenoites in ancient times.
— Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis

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Dictionary and topics

Goshen — (1.) A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled, and in which they remained till the Exodus (Gen. 45:10; 46:28, 29, 31, etc.). It is called “the land of Goshen” (47:27), and also simply…
Judah — Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah”…
Goshen · .Israelites dwelt in — .Israelites dwelt in
Judah · .Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain) — .Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain)

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 46:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 46:28

Adam Clarke on Genesis 46:28

John Gill on Genesis 46:28

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 46:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 46:28

Adam Clarke on Genesis 46:28

John Gill on Genesis 46:28

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 46:28-30

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 46:28–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 46:28-34

Rashi on Genesis 46:28