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And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/46.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/46.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/46.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/46.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/46.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/46.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/46.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/46.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/46.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba [where both his father and grandfather had worshiped God], and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/46.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/46.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/46.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/46.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jacob packed up everything he owned and left for Egypt. On the way he stopped near the town of Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God his father Isaac had worshiped. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/46.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/46.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Israel moved with all he had. When he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/46.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jacob packed up all he had and went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/46.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Later, Israel began his journey, taking along everything that he owned, and arrived at Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/46.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/46.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/46.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had and arrived at Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/46.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/46.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/46.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Israel journeys, and all that he has, and comes to Beer-Sheba, and sacrifices sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/46.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Israel journeyeth, and all that he hath, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, and sacrificeth sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/46.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Israel will remove and all which is to him, and he will come to the well of the oath, and he will sacrifice sacrifices to the God of his father Isaak.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/46.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/46.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Israel, setting out with all that he had, arrived at the Well of the Oath. And sacrificing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/46.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/46.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When Israel set out on his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/46.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND Israel journeyed with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/46.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Israel picked up, he and all that he had, and he came to Beersheba and offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaaq.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/46.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/46.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Israel departed, he and all that he had, and came to the well of the oath; and he offered sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/46-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=11943" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/46.htm">Jacob's Journey to Egypt</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">So Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·sa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">set out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">he had,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and when he came</a> <a href="/hebrew/884.htm" title="884: bə·’ê·rāh (Prep) -- Well of seven, a place in the Negev. From 'er and sheba'; well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/884.htm" title="884: šā·ḇa‘ (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Well of seven, a place in the Negev. From 'er and sheba'; well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine.">Beersheba,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: way·yiz·baḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">he offered</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: zə·ḇā·ḥîm (N-mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">to the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of his father</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥāq (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">Isaac.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Genesis 28:10-15</a></span><br />Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. / On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. / And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1</a></span><br />Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13-16</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions. / You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-2.htm">Genesis 26:2-5</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. / Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-3.htm">Genesis 31:3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/32-1.htm">Genesis 32:1-2</a></span><br />Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. / When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-9.htm">Genesis 45:9</a></span><br />Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a></span><br />Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-2.htm">Exodus 6:2-8</a></span><br />God also told Moses, “I am the LORD. / I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them. / I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Exodus 12:41</a></span><br />At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-4</a></span><br />And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8-9</a></span><br />By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13-16</a></span><br />All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. / Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own. / If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-15.htm">Acts 7:15</a></span><br />So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Genesis 21:14,31,33</a></b></br> And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave <i>it</i> unto Hagar, putting <i>it</i> on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-22.htm">Genesis 26:22,23</a></b></br> And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Genesis 28:10</a></b></br> And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.</p><p class="hdg">and offered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-4.htm">Genesis 4:4</a></b></br> And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20</a></b></br> And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a></b></br> And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, <i>having</i> Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">unto.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33</a></b></br> And <i>Abraham</i> planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">Genesis 26:23,25</a></b></br> And he went up from thence to Beersheba… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a></b></br> And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I <i>am</i> the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Beersheba</a> <a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Beer-Sheba</a> <a href="/genesis/35-29.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/45-28.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/genesis/45-24.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/genesis/35-21.htm">Journeyeth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/genesis/32-21.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/genesis/45-16.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/malachi/1-14.htm">Sacrificeth</a> <a href="/genesis/41-46.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Beersheba</a> <a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Beer-Sheba</a> <a href="/genesis/48-15.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/46-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/genesis/48-7.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Journeyeth</a> <a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/genesis/48-14.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Sacrificeth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 46</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Thence he with his company goes into Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-8.htm">The number of his family that went into Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Joseph meets Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-31.htm">He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/genesis/46.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>So Israel set out</b><br />The name "Israel" here refers to Jacob, who was given this name after wrestling with God (<a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a>). The use of "Israel" instead of "Jacob" signifies a transition from his personal identity to his role as the patriarch of the nation of Israel. The phrase "set out" indicates a decisive action, a journey of faith and obedience. This journey is not just physical but spiritual, as Jacob is moving towards the fulfillment of God's promises. The Hebrew root for "set out" (נָסַע, nasa) often implies a purposeful departure, suggesting Jacob's trust in God's plan.<p><b>with all that he had</b><br />This phrase underscores the totality of Jacob's commitment. He is not leaving anything behind, symbolizing his complete trust in God's promise to make him a great nation in Egypt. Historically, this reflects the nomadic lifestyle of the patriarchs, who moved with their entire households and possessions. It also signifies a relinquishing of his past life in Canaan, embracing the unknown future God has prepared.<p><b>and when he reached Beersheba</b><br />Beersheba holds significant historical and spiritual importance. It was a place where both Abraham and Isaac had encounters with God (<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33, 26</a>:23-25). The name "Beersheba" means "Well of the Oath," reminding Jacob of God's covenantal promises. By stopping here, Jacob is connecting with his heritage and reaffirming his faith in God's promises. Archaeologically, Beersheba was a major settlement, indicating its strategic and spiritual significance.<p><b>he offered sacrifices</b><br />The act of offering sacrifices is a profound expression of worship and devotion. In the Hebrew context, sacrifices were a means of communion with God, acknowledging His sovereignty and seeking His guidance. Jacob's sacrifices at Beersheba symbolize his gratitude, dependence, and desire for divine direction as he embarks on this critical journey. This act also reflects the patriarchal tradition of building altars and worshiping God at significant moments.<p><b>to the God of his father Isaac</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the continuity of faith from one generation to the next. By invoking "the God of his father Isaac," Jacob is acknowledging the covenantal relationship established with his forefathers. It highlights the faithfulness of God across generations and Jacob's desire to align himself with the divine promises given to Abraham and Isaac. This invocation serves as a reminder of God's unchanging nature and His commitment to His people.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/46.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XLVI.<p>EMIGRATION OF ISRAEL AND HIS SONS INTO EGYPT.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Israel . . . came to Beer-sheba.</span>--Though Jacob, in the first tumult of his joy, had determined upon hastening to Egypt, yet many second thoughts must have made him hesitate. He would call up to mind the boding prophecy in <a href="/genesis/15-13.htm" title="And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;">Genesis 15:13</a>, that the descendants of Abraham were to be reduced to slavery, and suffer affliction in a foreign land for four hundred years. It might even be a sin, involving the loss of the Abrahamic covenant, to quit the land of Canaan, which Abraham had expressly forbidden Isaac to abandon (<a href="/genesis/24-8.htm" title="And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.">Genesis 24:8</a>). Isaac, too, when going into Egypt, had been commanded to remain in Palestine (<a href="/genesis/26-2.htm" title="And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of:">Genesis 26:2</a>). Jacob therefore determines solemnly to consult God before finally taking so important a step, and no place could be more suitable than Beersheba, as both Abraham and Isaac had built altars there for Jehovah's worship (<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm" title="And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.">Genesis 21:33</a>; <a href="/genesis/26-25.htm" title="And he built an altar there, and called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dig a well.">Genesis 26:25</a>), and, moreover, it lay upon the route from Hebron to Egypt. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/46.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Israel</span> (as the head of the theocratic family) <span class="cmt_word">took his journey</span> - <span class="accented">literally, broke up</span>, sc. his encampment (cf. <a href="/genesis/12-9.htm">Genesis 12:9</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">with all that he had, and came</span> - from Hebron (<a href="/genesis/37-14.htm">Genesis 37:14</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">to Beersheba,</span> - where Abraham (<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33</a>) and Isaac (<a href="/genesis/26-25.htm">Genesis 26:25</a>) had both sojourned for considerable periods, and erected altars to Jehovah - <span class="cmt_word">and offered sacrifices unto the God</span> (the Elohim) <span class="cmt_word">of his father Isaac</span>. Probably giving thanks to God for the tidings concerning Joseph (Ainsworth); consulting God' about his journey to Egypt (Rosenmüller); it may be, pouring out before God his fear as well as gratitude and joy, more especially if he thought about the stern prophecy (<a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a>) which had been given to Abraham (Kalisch); perhaps commending himself and family to the care of his covenant God (Keil), and certainly praying that God would confirm to him and his the covenant which had been made with his fathers (Calvin). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/46-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵל֙</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">set out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסַּ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·sa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had,</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">and when he came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֵ֣רָה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Beersheba,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָּׁ֑בַע</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_884.htm">Strong's 884: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he offered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·baḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter for sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sacrifices</span><br /><span class="heb">זְבָחִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(zə·ḇā·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the God</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאלֹהֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֥יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Isaac.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְחָֽק׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">OT Law: Genesis 46:1 Israel traveled with all that he had (Gen. 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