Joseph also took his entire household and his brothers and their households. But they left their little children and flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
- KJV And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
- BSB along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
- NKJV as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.
- NASB and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.
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Joseph's whole household and his brothers go up, leaving only the children and livestock in Goshen.
Overview
The entire family travels to honor Jacob, while their little ones and flocks remain safely in Goshen. The detail shows both the seriousness of the burial and the family's continuing rootedness in Egypt for now. They go up to Canaan to bury, but their return signals the appointed time of departure has not yet come.
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Cross-references · 3
- Num 32:24–27Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
- Exod 10:26Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there.”
- Exod 10:8–9Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?”
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