And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;Genesis 46:28 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleHe sent Judah before him unto Joseph - Judah was certainly a man of sense, and also an eloquent man; and of him Joseph must have had a very favorable opinion from the speech he delivered before him, Genesis 44:18, etc.; he was therefore chosen as the most proper person to go before and announce Jacob's arrival to his son Joseph.
To direct his face unto Goshen - The land of Goshen is the same, according to the Septuagint, as the land of Rameses, and Goshen itself the same as Heroopolis, 'Ἡρωων πολις Heroonpolis, the city of heroes, a name by which it went in the days of the Septuagint, and which it still retained in the time of Josephus, for he makes use of the same term in speaking of this place. See Clarke on Genesis 46:34 (note).
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Judah.
Genesis 43:8 And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and you...
Genesis 44:16-34 And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves...
Genesis 49:8 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies...
to direct.
Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Goshen. Goshen seems to have been a city, after which the land of Goshen was called. The Lxx. render it by [], `city of Heroon;' which by some writers is simply called {Heroum}, and is by the ancient geographers placed in the eastern part of Egypt, not far from the Arabian Gulf.
Genesis 46:34 That you shall say, Your servants' trade has been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers...
Genesis 45:10 And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children's children...
Genesis 47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have...
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