Genesis 46:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Picture the serene confidence with which the just individual journeyed, having been granted this assurance from the heavenly promise.

Following this, Jacob joyfully set out for Egypt, accompanied by seventy individuals, including Joseph and his two children.

Jacob rose from the place of his vow, and his sons gathered their father Israel, along with his belongings and wives, into the chariots that Joseph had sent for him. Jacob, along with all his descendants—his sons, their children, his daughters, and the daughters of his granddaughters—entered Egypt. The sons of Israel lifted their father, treating him with honor as an elder, placing him along with his possessions and wives into the chariots, while they followed, some on foot, with their livestock, and others on donkeys. The term "daughters" refers to the wives of Jacob's sons, since he had only one daughter, Dinah (Genesis 46:15). The phrase "all the seed" encompasses all who were present, including Joseph and his children, and Jacob himself, totaling seventy-five souls listed in the subsequent account (Gen. 46:27).