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When they arrived in the region of Goshen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/46.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As they neared their destination, Jacob sent Judah ahead to meet Joseph and get directions to the region of Goshen. And when they finally arrived there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/46.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/46.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/46.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/46.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him <i>the way</i> to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/46.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now <i>Jacob</i> sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to guide him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/46.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/46.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out <i>the way</i> before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/46.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out <i>the way</i> before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/46.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now Jacob (Israel) sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/46.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival at Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/46.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival at Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/46.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/46.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jacob had sent his son Judah ahead of him to ask Joseph to meet them in Goshen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/46.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to shew the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/46.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Israel sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Israel's family arrived in the region of Goshen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/46.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jacob sent Judah ahead to ask Joseph to meet them in Goshen. When they arrived, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/46.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jacob sent Judah ahead of them to meet with Joseph, who would be guiding them to Goshen, and so they arrived. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/46.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob?s family arrived in the land of Goshen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/46.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/46.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. Then they arrived in the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/46.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/46.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/46.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Judah he has sent before him to Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/46.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/46.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he sent Judah before him to Joseph to cast his face to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/46.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/46.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then he sent Judah ahead of himself, to Joseph, in order to report to him, and so that he would meet him in Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/46.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Israel had sent Judah ahead to Joseph, so that he might meet him in Goshen. On his arrival in the region of Goshen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/46.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Israel sent Judah ahead to Joseph to lead the way before him into Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/46.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he sent Judah before him to Joseph to present himself before him in Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/46.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he sent Yehuda before him to Yoseph to appear before him to Geshan, and he came to the land of Geshan.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/46.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/46.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he sent Judas before him to Joseph, to meet him to the city of Heroes, into the land of Ramesses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/46-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=12162" 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 Arrives in Egypt</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šā·laḥ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">Now Jacob had sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">ahead of him</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: yō·w·sêp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">Joseph</a> <a href="/hebrew/3384.htm" title="3384: lə·hō·w·rōṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- Or yara; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water; transitively, to lay or throw; figuratively, to point out, to teach.">to get directions</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1657.htm" title="1657: gō·šə·nāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Probably of Egyptian origin; Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine.">to Goshen.</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">When Jacob’s family arrived</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fs:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1657.htm" title="1657: gō·šen (N-proper-fs) -- Probably of Egyptian origin; Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine.">of Goshen,</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.…<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/45-9.htm">Genesis 45:9-13</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. / You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own. / And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-1.htm">Genesis 47:1-6</a></span><br />So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.” / And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh. / “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-12.htm">Genesis 37:12-14</a></span><br />Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem. / Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied. / Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/44-18.htm">Genesis 44:18-34</a></span><br />Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself. / My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’ / And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Genesis 50:15-21</a></span><br />When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” / So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, / ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-1.htm">Exodus 1:1-5</a></span><br />These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: / Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; / Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-27.htm">Exodus 4:27-31</a></span><br />Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. / And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform. / Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Exodus 18:5-7</a></span><br />Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God. / He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.” / So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a></span><br />And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-13.htm">Acts 7:13-15</a></span><br />On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh. / Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. / So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-21.htm">Hebrews 11:21</a></span><br />By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-5.htm">John 4:5-6</a></span><br />So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. / Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-45.htm">John 1:45-46</a></span><br />Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” / “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Matthew 2:13-15</a></span><br />When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, / where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-9.htm">Acts 7:9-10</a></span><br />Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him / and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.</p><p class="hdg">Judah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/43-8.htm">Genesis 43:8</a></b></br> 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, <i>and</i> also our little ones.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/44-16.htm">Genesis 44:16-34</a></b></br> 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 servants: behold, we <i>are</i> my lord's servants, both we, and <i>he</i> also with whom the cup is found… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-8.htm">Genesis 49:8</a></b></br> Judah, thou <i>art he</i> whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand <i>shall be</i> in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.</p><p class="hdg">to direct.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/31-21.htm">Genesis 31:21</a></b></br> So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face <i>toward</i> the mount Gilead.</p><p class="hdg">Goshen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/46-34.htm">Genesis 46:34</a></b></br> That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, <i>and</i> also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd <i>is</i> an abomination unto the Egyptians.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10</a></b></br> 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 flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/47-1.htm">Genesis 47:1</a></b></br> Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they <i>are</i> in the land of Goshen.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/45-7.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">Arrived</a> <a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/genesis/10-18.htm">Directions</a> <a href="/genesis/44-26.htm">Face</a> <a href="/genesis/45-10.htm">Goshen</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/genesis/46-12.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/genesis/39-7.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/genesis/31-32.htm">Point</a> <a href="/genesis/45-10.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/40-14.htm">Show</a> <a href="/genesis/45-24.htm">Way</a> <a href="/genesis/45-26.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/48-20.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/exodus/4-1.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/numbers/10-21.htm">Arrived</a> <a href="/exodus/21-20.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/exodus/5-12.htm">Directions</a> <a href="/genesis/46-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/genesis/46-29.htm">Goshen</a> <a href="/genesis/47-7.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/46-29.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/genesis/49-8.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/exodus/2-25.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/exodus/18-26.htm">Point</a> <a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/46-31.htm">Show</a> <a href="/genesis/48-7.htm">Way</a> <a href="/genesis/47-30.htm">Word</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'; 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Judah's leadership role is significant, as he previously offered himself as a surety for Benjamin (<a href="/genesis/43-9.htm">Genesis 43:9</a>). This act foreshadows the prominence of the tribe of Judah, from which King David and ultimately Jesus Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah (<a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a>), would come. Judah's role here also reflects a restoration of his character after his earlier failings, such as his involvement in selling Joseph into slavery (<a href="/genesis/37-26.htm">Genesis 37:26-27</a>).<p><b>to get directions to Goshen</b><br>Goshen is a fertile region in Egypt, suitable for Jacob's family and their livestock. This area is strategically chosen, as it allows the Israelites to remain distinct from the Egyptians, who considered shepherds detestable (<a href="/genesis/46-34.htm">Genesis 46:34</a>). The choice of Goshen fulfills God's promise to Abraham that his descendants would be strangers in a foreign land (<a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a>). The request for directions underscores the humility and dependence on God’s guidance, as Jacob's family enters a new phase of their journey.<p><b>When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen</b><br>The arrival in Goshen marks the beginning of the Israelites' sojourn in Egypt, setting the stage for the events of the Exodus. This move is part of God's providential plan to grow Israel into a great nation (<a href="/genesis/46-3.htm">Genesis 46:3</a>). The land of Goshen serves as a place of refuge and blessing during the famine, illustrating God's provision and faithfulness. This moment also connects to the broader narrative of redemption, as it foreshadows the eventual deliverance of Israel from Egypt, a type of Christ's deliverance of humanity from sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Israelites, father of the twelve tribes. In this passage, he is leading his family to Egypt during a time of famine.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>One of Jacob's sons, who is sent ahead to Joseph. Judah's role here signifies his leadership and trustworthiness within the family.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>Jacob's son, who was sold into slavery by his brothers but rose to become a powerful leader in Egypt. He is the reason Jacob's family is moving to Egypt.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/goshen.htm">Goshen</a></b><br>A region in Egypt where Jacob's family is to settle. It is fertile and suitable for their livestock, symbolizing God's provision.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where Joseph has become a ruler and where Jacob's family seeks refuge from famine.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_trust.htm">Leadership and Trust</a></b><br>Judah's role in leading the way to Goshen highlights the importance of trustworthy leadership within families and communities. We should strive to be leaders who guide others with integrity and wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>The move to Goshen is a testament to God's provision for His people. Even in times of famine or hardship, God provides for our needs. We should trust in His provision and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_reconciliation.htm">Family Reconciliation</a></b><br>The journey to Egypt is part of a larger account of reconciliation within Jacob's family. We are called to seek reconciliation and healing in our own relationships, following the example of Joseph and his brothers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Jacob's journey to Egypt is an act of faith, trusting in God's promises to make his descendants a great nation. We are encouraged to have faith in God's promises, even when the path is uncertain.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_46.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 46</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'vagabond'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What is Goshen's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_everything_a_source_of_joy.htm">Who were the 12 tribes of Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_jacob's_family_in_egypt.htm">What archaeological or historical records support, or conflict with, the notion of Jacob’s large family settling in Egypt (Genesis 46)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_goshen's_biblical_significance.htm">What is Goshen's biblical significance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/46.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>ARRIVAL OF JACOB IN EGYPT.</span><p>(28) <span class= "bld">To direct his face unto Goshen.</span>--Joseph does not bring his brethren into the narrow and populous Nile Valley which formed Egypt proper, because they could not have maintained there an isolated mode of life. But this was indispensable for them if they were to multiply into a nation fit to be the guardians and depositories of a growing revelation, until the fulness of the time should come, when the world would be ready to receive the perfect knowledge of God's will. As the Egyptians were an agricultural people, and hated sheep and shepherds (<a href="/genesis/46-34.htm" title="That you shall say, Your servants' trade has been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.">Genesis 46:34</a>), the Israelites would run no danger of being absorbed by them so long as they continued to devote themselves to their old pursuits. As Goshen was admirably suited for a pastoral life, they would remain there as distinct and separate from the rest of mankind as they had been in Canaan.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/46.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph</span> (the noble qualities displayed by Judah had manifestly secured, as they had Certainly merited, the affectionate admiration and hearty confidence of the aged patriarch), <span class="cmt_word">to direct his face unto Goshen</span>; - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> that Joseph might supply him with the necessary instructions for conducting the pilgrims to their appointed settlement (Dathius, Rosenmüller, Keil, Lange, Ainsworth, Murphy, 'Speaker's Commentary'), rather than that Joseph might meet him in Goshen (LXX., Vulgate, Samaritan, Kalisch) - <span class="cmt_word">and</span> (having received the necessary directions) <span class="cmt_word">they came into the land of Goshen.</span> The LXX. read <span class="greek">εἴς γῆν Ῥαμεσσῆ</span>, as in <a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">Genesis 47:11</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/46-28.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">Now Jacob had sent</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁלַ֤ח</span> <span class="translit">(šā·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֞ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ahead of</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנָיו֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Joseph</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹסֵ֔ף</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·sêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to get directions</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהוֹרֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hō·w·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3384.htm">Strong's 3384: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Goshen.</span><br /><span class="heb">גֹּ֑שְׁנָה</span> <span class="translit">(gō·šə·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1657.htm">Strong's 1657: </a> </span><span class="str2">Goshen -- a district in Egypt, also a city in southern Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">When [Jacob’s family] arrived</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<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">in the land</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֥רְצָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Goshen,</span><br /><span class="heb">גֹּֽשֶׁן׃</span> <span class="translit">(gō·šen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1657.htm">Strong's 1657: </a> </span><span class="str2">Goshen -- a district in Egypt, also a city in southern Judah</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">OT Law: Genesis 46:28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph (Gen. 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