Gen 46:1-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 46:1-4: 46:1-4 God reassured Jacob about his move to Egypt. 46:1 set out for Egypt: A little over 200 years earlier, Abraham had similarly gone down into Egypt during a famine in Canaan (12:10 ), and God had protected him there. • Jacob’s first stop was at Beersheba, where Abraham had sacrificed to the Lord and worshiped him after settling his land and water rights with the Philistines (21:31-33 ). This was where Isaac had lived, and where Jacob had lived before he fled from Esau’s anger (28:10 ). • all his possessions: See 46:5-7 .

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‏ Genesis 46:1-7

Summary for Gen 46:1-4: 46:1-4 ^a God reassured Jacob about his move to Egypt. 46:1 ^b set out for Egypt: A little over 200 years earlier, Abraham had similarly gone down into Egypt during a famine in Canaan (12:10 ^c), and God had protected him there.

• Jacob’s first stop was at Beersheba, where Abraham had sacrificed to the Lord and worshiped him after settling his land and water rights with the Philistines (21:31-33 ^d). This was where Isaac had lived, and where Jacob had lived before he fled from Esau’s anger (28:10 ^e).

• all his possessions: See 46:5-7 ^f.
Summary for Gen 46:2-4: 46:2-4 ^g In a night vision, the Lord repeated his promise to go with Jacob and make his family into a great nation in Egypt. The same God who led the family into Egypt promised to bring them out of Egypt to live once again in the land of Canaan.
46:4 ^h You will die: He would have a peaceful death, surrounded by his family and many blessings from God (49:33 ⁱ).