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Genesis 46:28
Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.
Genesis 46:28 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 46:28 in other translations
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
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In context
25 These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.
26 All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.
27 And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.
28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.
29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.
30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.
31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;
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