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Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. See also: Genesis 31:42Genesis 28:13Genesis 28:10God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.” See also: Job 33:14-15Genesis 15:1Genesis 15:13He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. See also: Genesis 12:2Deuteronomy 26:5Acts 27:24I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.” See also: Genesis 28:15Exodus 3:8Genesis 48:21Jacob 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. See also: Genesis 45:19Genesis 45:21Genesis 45:27They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him, See also: Psalms 105:23Acts 7:15Isaiah 52:4his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt. These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. See also: Exodus 1:1-5Deuteronomy 33:61 Chronicles 2:1-55The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. See also: Exodus 6:15Genesis 29:33Numbers 1:22-23The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. See also: Genesis 29:341 Chronicles 2:1Genesis 49:5-7The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. See also: Genesis 38:10Genesis 38:7Genesis 29:35The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. See also: 1 Chronicles 12:32Genesis 35:231 Chronicles 7:1-5The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. See also: 1 Chronicles 2:1Numbers 26:26-27Genesis 30:19-20These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. See also: Genesis 29:32-35Genesis 30:17-21Genesis 49:3-15The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. See also: Numbers 26:15-17Genesis 30:11Numbers 1:11The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. See also: Genesis 30:13Genesis 49:20Numbers 26:44-46These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. See also: Genesis 29:24Genesis 35:26Exodus 1:4The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. See also: Genesis 44:27Genesis 30:241 Chronicles 2:2To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. See also: Genesis 41:50-52Genesis 41:451 Chronicles 7:14-29The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. See also: 1 Chronicles 7:6-12Genesis 49:27Numbers 1:11These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. The son of Dan: Hushim. See also: Genesis 49:16-17Numbers 1:12Genesis 35:25The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. See also: 1 Chronicles 7:131 Chronicles 12:34Genesis 49:21These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven. See also: Genesis 29:29Exodus 1:2Genesis 35:22All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six. See also: Exodus 1:5Genesis 35:11Judges 8:30The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy. See also: Acts 7:14Deuteronomy 10:22Exodus 1:5Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. See also: Genesis 45:10Genesis 31:21Genesis 49:8Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. See also: Luke 15:20Genesis 45:14-15Genesis 33:4Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.” See also: Luke 2:29-30Genesis 45:28Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. See also: Genesis 45:16-20Genesis 47:1-3Acts 18:3These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’ See also: Genesis 47:3Genesis 46:341 Kings 9:27It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’ See also: Genesis 46:32Jonah 1:8Genesis 47:2-4that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” See also: Exodus 8:26Genesis 43:32Genesis 37:12
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Genesis 46:1
Ver. 1. The well of the oath. Bersabee.
↑ 1Genesis 46:3
Ver. 3. Fear not. He might be apprehensive, lest his children should be depraved, living among idolaters, or prefer Egypt before the promised land. He was also afraid to undertake this journey without consulting God. M.
↑ 3Genesis 46:4
Ver. 4. Thence; in thy posterity. Sept. add at last, or after a long time. Jacob's bones were brought back and buried in Chanaan. C. --- Eyes, as he is the most dear to thee. Parents closed the eyes of their children in death. The Romans opened them again when the corpse was upon the funeral pire; thinking it a mark of disrespect for the eyes to be shut to heaven; "ut neque ab homine supremum eos spectari fas sit, & cœlo non ostendi, nefas." Plin. xi. 37.
↑ 4Genesis 46:7
Ver. 7. Daughters. Dina, and grand-daughter Sara, (v. 17,) and his sons' wives, &c. C. --- We may observe, that all here mentioned were not born at the time when Jacob went down into Egypt, but they were before he or Joseph died; that is, during the space of 17 or 71 years. See S. Aug. q. 151. 173.
M. --- The names of the Heb. and Sept. vary some little from the Vulgate, which may be attributed to the difference of pronunciation, or to the same person having many names. The number is also different in the Sept. as the authors of that version have, perhaps, inserted some names taken from other parts of Scripture, to remove any apparent contradiction. The genealogies of Juda, Joseph, and Benjamin, are carried farther than the rest, as those families were of greater consequence.
↑ 7Genesis 46:9
Ver. 9. Hesron and Charmi were probably born in Egypt, as Ruben had only two sons. C. xlii. 37. Philo.
↑ 9Genesis 46:10
Ver. 10. Jamuel. Num. xxvi. 12, he is called Namuel. --- Jachin is Jarid. 1 Par. iv. 24. C.
↑ 10Genesis 46:12
Ver. 12. Were born, afterwards. M.
↑ 12Genesis 46:15
Ver. 15. Syria. This must be restrained to her seven children.
--- Thirty-three, comprising Lia, or Jacob; but without Her and Onan, who were dead. C.
↑ 15Genesis 46:20
Ver. 20. Ephraim. The Sept. take in here the children of both.
Num. xxvi. 29. 35.
↑ 20Genesis 46:21
Ver. 21. Benjamin. Ten in number; though the Sept. have only nine, and suppose that some of them were his grandchildren.
He was 33 (or 24, M.) years old. C. --- Grotius thinks three names have been made out of two; Echi, Ros, and mophim, out of Ahiram and Supham, as we read, Num. xxvi. 38.
↑ 21Genesis 46:23
Ver. 23. Sons. The Arab. has son. Husim is Suham, (Num.
xxvi. 42,) by change and transposition of letters. Ken.
↑ 23Genesis 46:26
Ver. 26. Sixty-six; not including Jacob, Joseph, and his two children, who make up 70, v. 27. Deut. x. 22. The Sept. taking in Joseph's grandchildren, read 75; in which they are followed by S. Stephen. Acts. vii. 14. See S. Jer. q. Heb. C. --- S.
Augustine cannot account for these grand-children and great grand-children of Joseph being mentioned as coming with Jacob into Egypt, since some of them were not born during his life-time. He suspects some hidden mystery. W. See v. 7. ---
Some think S. Stephen excludes Jacob, Joseph, and his sons; and included the 64 men, with 11 wives. D.
↑ 26Genesis 46:34
Ver. 34. Abomination. See C. xliii. 32. The source of this hatred against foreign shepherds, was probably because, about 100
years before Abraham, the shepherd-kings, Hycussos, had got possession of a great part of Egypt, and were at last expel ed by the kings of Thebais. See Manetho ap. Eus. præp. x. 13.
Another reason why they hated foreigners was, because they slew and eat sheep, &c. which they themselves adored. The Egyptians kept sheep for this purpose, and for the benefits to be derived from their wool, &c. C. xlvii. 17. C. --- Joseph took advantage of this disposition of the inhabitants, to keep his brethren at a distance from them, that they might not be perverted. He does not introduce them at court, that no jealousy might be excited. He shews that he is not ashamed of his extraction. M.
↑ 34License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses