KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 46:5 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Jacob” | יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacob |
| “rose up” | וַיָּ֥קָם | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | rose up |
| “from Beer-sheba:” | שָׁ֑בַע | Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine | Beersheba |
| “and the sons” | בְנֵֽי | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “of Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “carried” | וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | carried |
| “Jacob” | יַֽעֲקֹ֣ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacob |
| “their father,” | אֲבִיהֶ֗ם | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “and their little ones,” | טַפָּם֙ | A family (mostly used collectively in the singular) | little ones |
| “and their wives,” | נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם | A woman | wives |
| “in the wagons” | בָּֽעֲגָל֕וֹת | Something revolving, i.e., a wheeled vehicle | wagons |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “Pharaoh” | פַּרְעֹ֖ה | Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings | Pharaoh |
| “had sent” | שָׁלַ֥ח | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | sent |
| “to carry” | לָשֵׂ֥את | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | carry |
| “him.” | לָשֵׂ֥את | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | him |
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3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
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.
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.
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:
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
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