Genesis 46:4

Translations

Modern

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up, and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”

Latin

Ego descendam tecum illuc, et ego inde adducam te revertentem: Joseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos.

Original

Hebrew

English

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

Notes

Genesis 46:4

will close your eyes: He would have a peaceful death, surrounded by his family and many blessings from God (49:33).

Genesis 46:2–4

In a night vision, the Lord promised Jacob that he would be with him and make his family a great nation in Egypt. The same God who led them into Egypt promised to bring them back to live in Canaan.

Genesis 46:1–4

God reassured Jacob about his move to Egypt.

Genesis 45:16–47:12

This section marks a transition as the family moved from Canaan to Goshen, where they would live for the next 400years.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Blessing Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Genesis 50:1
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Genesis 50:13
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Genesis 50:24–25
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Genesis 15:14–16
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
Isaiah 43:1–2
But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
Genesis 50:5
…my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of Exodus Burial, Burial Customs Famine Genealogy Genesis, Book of Goshen Jacob Land Mourning Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Communion: Isaac, in Dreams God: Grace of God: Special Grace: To Jacob Jacob: Moves to Egypt The Dead: Eyes of, Closed by Nearest of Kin

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