Genesis 46 · Verse 5

Genesis 46:5

And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
Genesis 46:5, King James Version

Genesis 46:5 in other translations

BSBThen Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
WEBJacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
ASVAnd Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
YLTAnd Jacob riseth from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel bear away Jacob their father, And their infants, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh hath sent to bear him,
DARBYAnd Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, on the waggons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
BBEThen Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.
WebsterAnd Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

What does Genesis 46:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Ge 46:5-27. Immigration to Egypt.

5. And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba--to cross the border and settle in Egypt. However refreshed and invigorated in spirit by the religious services at Beer-sheba, he was now borne down by the infirmities of advanced age; and, therefore, his sons undertook all the trouble and toil of the arrangements, while the enfeebled old patriarch, with the wives and children, was conveyed by slow and leisurely stages in the Egyptian vehicles sent for their accommodation.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 46:5-27
We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a great nation, ch. 12:2; yet that branch of his seed, to which the promise was made sure, had only increased to seventy, of whom this particular account is kept, to show the power of God in making these seventy become a vast multitude.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 46:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
מִבְּאֵ֣רmi.be.'Erfrom BeerH884
שָׁ֑בַעSha.va'ShebaH884
וַיִּשְׂא֨וּvai.yis.'Uand they carriedH5375
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יַעֲקֹ֣בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
אֲבִיהֶ֗ם'a.vi.Hemfather theirH1
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
טַפָּם֙ta.Pamlittle one[s] theirH2945
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
נְשֵׁיהֶ֔םne.shei.Hemwives theirH802
בָּעֲגָל֕וֹתba.'a.ga.Lotin the cartsH5699
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
שָׁלַ֥חsha.Lachhe had sentH7971
פַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
לָשֵׂ֥אתla.Setto carryH5375
אֹתֽוֹ\׃'o.To<obj.> himH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 46:5

  • Genesis 45:19

    Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

  • Genesis 45:21

    And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

  • Genesis 45:27

    And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

  • Genesis 31:17-18

    Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  • Exodus 10:24

    And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

  • Exodus 10:26

    Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

  • Acts 7:15

    So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jacob.
Ac 7:15
in the waggons.
31:17,18; 45:19,21,27; Ex 10:24,26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 46:4

    I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

  • Genesis 46:5

    And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

  • Genesis 46:6

    And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

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Genesis 46:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y levantóse Jacob de Beer-seba; y tomaron los hijos de Israel á su padre Jacob, y á sus niños, y á sus mujeres, en los carros que Faraón había enviado para llevarlo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jacob se leva de Beër-Shéba; et les fils d’Israël firent monter Jacob, leur père, et leurs petits enfants, et leurs femmes, sur les chariots que le Pharaon avait envoyés pour le transporter.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da machte sich Jakob von Beerseba auf, und die Söhne Israels führten Jakob, ihren Vater, und ihre Kinder und ihre Weiber auf den Wagen, die der Pharao gesandt hatte, ihn zu holen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Surrexit autem Jacob a Puteo juramenti: tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris quæ miserat Pharao ad portandum senem,