Genesis 46:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֶת־מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֶת־רְכוּשָׁם֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָֽכְשׁוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ מִצְרָ֑יְמָה יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְכָל־זַרְע֥וֹ אִתּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqḥû ʾet-cattle-their and-ʾet-possessions-their that rāḵšû in-land-of Kĕnaʿan, and wayyāḇōʾû Miṣrāyĕmâ, Yaʿăqōḇ and all-seed-his with-him.

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqḥû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they took'
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *rāḵšû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'they had acquired'
• *Kĕnaʿan*: proper noun, place name - 'Canaan'
• *wayyāḇōʾû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they came'
• *Miṣrāyĕmâ*: proper noun with directional heh - 'to Egypt'
• *Yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Jacob'

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqḥû*: they took/they gathered
• *rāḵšû*: they had acquired/they had gained/they had purchased
• *wayyāḇōʾû*: they came/they entered/they arrived

Referenced Verses

• Josh 24:4 : 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
• Ps 105:23 : 23 Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
• Isa 52:4 : 4 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.
• Acts 7:15 : 15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
• Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
• 1 Sam 12:8 : 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
• Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
• Num 20:15 : 15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
• Deut 10:22 : 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.