Genesis Chapter 46 verse 28 Holy Bible
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
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Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.
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And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to give notice before he came to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen.
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And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
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And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
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He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
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And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph (the noble qualities displayed by Judah had manifestly secured, as they had Certainly merited, the affectionate admiration and hearty confidence of the aged patriarch), to direct his face unto Goshen; - i.e. that Joseph might supply him with the necessary instructions for conducting the pilgrims to their appointed settlement (Dathius, Rosenmüller, Keil, Lange, Ainsworth, Murphy, 'Speaker's Commentary'), rather than that Joseph might meet him in Goshen (LXX., Vulgate, Samaritan, Kalisch) - and (having received the necessary directions) they came into the land of Goshen. The LXX. read εἴς γῆν Ῥαμεσσῆ, as in Genesis 47:11.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersARRIVAL OF JACOB IN EGYPT.(28) To direct his face unto Goshen.--Joseph does not bring his brethren into the narrow and populous Nile Valley which formed Egypt proper, because they could not have maintained there an isolated mode of life. But this was indispensable for them if they were to multiply into a nation fit to be the guardians and depositories of a growing revelation, until the fulness of the time should come, when the world would be ready to receive the perfect knowledge of God's will. As the Egyptians were an agricultural people, and hated sheep and shepherds (Genesis 46:34), the Israelites would run no danger of being absorbed by them so long as they continued to devote themselves to their old pursuits. As Goshen was admirably suited for a pastoral life, they would remain there as distinct and separate from the rest of mankind as they had been in Canaan.
