Genesis 46

Genesis 46:2

Here I am

"Yes, I am listening"

Genesis 46:3

I will make you a great nation

"I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation"

Genesis 46:4

I will surely bring you up again

"I will surely bring your descendants out of Egypt again"

Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand

"Joseph will even be present with you at the time of your death"

Genesis 46:5

rose up from

"set out from"

Genesis 46:6

they had accumulated

"they had acquired" or "they had gained"

Genesis 46:7

He brought with him

"Jacob brought with him"

his sons' sons

"his grandsons"

his sons' daughters

"his granddaughters"

Genesis 46:15

His sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three

"Altogether he had 33 sons, daughters, and grandchildren"

Genesis 46:26

direct descendants

A person's "direct descendants" are natural sons, daughters, and grandchildren, not those who have become part of the family by marrying a direct descendant.

Genesis 46:28

to show the way before him to Goshen

"to show them the way to Goshen"

Genesis 46:29

Joseph prepared his chariot and went up

"Joseph's servants prepared his chariot and Joseph went up"

went up to meet Israel

"went to meet Israel"

Genesis 46:30

Now let me die

"Now I am ready to die" or "Now I will die happy"

since I have seen your face, that you are still alive

"since I have seen you alive again"

Genesis 46:31

his father's house

"his father's family" or "his father's household"

I will go up and tell Pharaoh

"I will go tell Pharaoh"

Genesis 46:32

The men are shepherds ... all that they have

"I will go up and tell Pharaoh and say that my brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. I will tell him that the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and that they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have."

Genesis 46:34

you should say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our forefathers.'

"when Pharaoh ... asks what your occupation is, that you should say that you have been keepers of livestock from your youth until now, both you and your forefathers. Do this"

Your servants

"We, your servants"

every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians

"Egyptians think shepherds are disgusting"