Genesis 46:6

King James 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; but 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 GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
• Acts 7:15 : 15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
• Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
• 1 Sam 12:8 : 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
• Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger 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 have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
• Deut 10:22 : 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.