The Meaning of Genesis 46:7 Explained

Genesis 46:7

KJV: His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

YLT: his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, yea, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.

Darby: his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt.

ASV: his sons, and his sons'sons with him, his daughters, and his sons's daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

Discover Genesis 46:7

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 46:7?

MEANING: What does Genesis 46:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 46:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 46:7?

What is the context of Genesis 46:7?

Jacob Moves to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-7)
Jacob Leaves for Egypt (Genesis 46:1-7)
The Move to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-7)
Jacob’s Journey to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-27)
Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-27)
Jacob Goes to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-34)
Jacob and His Offspring Go to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-34)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

What does Genesis 46:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 46:1-27 - Jacob And His Family Go To Egypt

Evidently Joseph's invitation to his father to come to him in Egypt aroused very earnest questionings in Jacob's soul. Was it a wise step for him to take? Perhaps he remembered Genesis 15:13, and dreaded to take the risk. Under these circumstances he went to Beersheba, the well of the oath, so intimately associated with the lives of Abraham and Isaac, and from which he had gone forth on his life's pilgrimage. There he offered special sacrifices and received special directions and promises. He was not only to go down into Egypt, but to go there under the divine guidance and protection. When we visit Egypt at our own impulse we shall land ourselves, as Abraham and Isaac did, in temptation and failure; but when God bids us go, we may make the journey with absolute impunity. Though we walk through the dark valley, we need not fear, if He be with us.

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Chapter Summary: Genesis 46

¹ Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba
⁵ Thence he with his company goes into Egypt
⁸ The number of his family that went into Egypt
²⁸ Joseph meets Jacob
³¹ He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh

What do the individual words in Genesis 46:7 mean?

His sons and the sons of his sons with him his daughters and daughters of his sons and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt -

בָּנָ֞יו וּבְנֵ֤י בָנָיו֙ אִתּ֔וֹ בְּנֹתָ֛יו וּבְנ֥וֹת בָּנָ֖יו וְכָל־ זַרְע֑וֹ הֵבִ֥יא אִתּ֖וֹ מִצְרָֽיְמָה ס

בָּנָ֞יו	His sons
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבְנֵ֤י	and the sons
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בָנָיו֙	of his sons
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אִתּ֔וֹ	with him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֵת Sense: with, near, together with.
בְּנֹתָ֛יו	his daughters
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
וּבְנ֥וֹת	and daughters
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
בָּנָ֖יו	of his sons
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וְכָל־	and all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
זַרְע֑וֹ	his descendants
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: זֶרַע Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
הֵבִ֥יא	he brought
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אִתּ֖וֹ	with him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֵת Sense: with, near, together with.
מִצְרָֽיְמָה	to Egypt
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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