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More Than Just Stuff
Commentators note that the 'goods' Jacob's family brought were not just household items. They included significant wealth, cattle, and likely their family records. This shows they were not arriving as destitute refugees but as a family of substance, moving with dignity and foresight, intending to live from their own means as much as possible.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 46:1–34
18th Century
Theologian
פלוּא pallû' — Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן chetsrôn — Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 46:6
19th Century
Bishop
Their goods. —These are not the vessels spoken of contemptuously by Pharaoh (Genesis 45:20), but their person…
John Gill
On Genesis 46:6
17th Century
Pastor
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they has gotten in the land of Canaan
Some interpreters add, by w…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 46:5–27
17th Century
Minister
We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years s…