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Gen. 46:1–27 Jacob brings his family to Egypt. Verses 1–7 describe the journey to Egypt. Verses 8–27 list the people who made the journey.
Gen. 46:1 Jacob travels south to Beersheba, where his father Isaac (see 26:23–33) and grandfather Abraham (21:22–34) lived for a time. For more on Beersheba, see note on 21:31.
Gen. 46:2–4 Before Jacob leaves for Egypt, God speaks to him in a vision at night (v. 2). Previously, God had forbidden Isaac to go to Egypt during a famine (26:1–5). I will also bring you up again is both a promise of the exodus from Egypt (like 15:13–16) and a reassurance that Jacob himself will be buried in the Promised Land.
Gen. 46:5–7 Jacob took everything he owned and his entire family with him to Egypt.
Gen. 46:8–15 Although Reuben (v. 8) was the first son born to Jacob, his official status as firstborn was transferred to Joseph (see 1 Chron. 5:1–2). his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. The reference to daughters here is puzzling, since only one daughter, Dinah, is mentioned in the preceding list. These verses actually list 34 people associated with Leah (Gen. 46:15). The total of 33 probably represents some other method of counting.
Gen. 46:20 On Joseph’s wife and sons, see notes on 41:45; 41:50–52.
Gen. 46:26–27 The relationship between the numbers sixty-six and seventy presents a difficulty. The four totals linked to Jacob’s wives in vv. 8–25 add up to 70, which is the figure recorded in v. 27 (compare Deut. 10:22). Yet Gen. 46:26 mentions 66 persons as belonging to Jacob, excluding his sons’ wives. The numbers should be treated with caution. The Septuagint adjusts the number of Joseph’s sons from two to nine and totals the number of Jacob’s descendants in Egypt as 75, not 70 (see Acts 7:14 and note). Perhaps 70 is a round number, expressing the idea that all Israel went down to Egypt.
Gen. 46:31–34 Joseph prepares his brothers for a possible meeting with Pharaoh. To guarantee that they will be given the land of Goshen, he tells them to say they are keepers of livestock (which would include cattle and sheep) and that this is their traditional occupation. every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians (v. 34). The reason for the Egyptians’ dislike of shepherds is unknown.
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