I will goe downe with thee] Conducting and defending thee by my power, and disposing of thy condition, and those that are thine by my providence; so that though I be every where, I will be with thee there in especiall favour, to blesse thee, and those thou bringest with thee. bring thee up againe] That is, in thy posteritie; for the Progenitors live in their posteritie who descend from them, and are a part of them, especially when God doth good unto them, in the name of their forefathers, and for their sakes; which is the case betwixt Israel, and his seed, who are therefore (though many descents removed from him) called by his name, not onely the children of Israel, but Israel, in many places of the Scripture, both of the Old and New Testament. Besides, when Jacob was dead, he was brought back, and buried in the Land of Canaan, Chap. 50. 13. to take possession of the promise. his hands upon thine eyes] Shall shut thine eyes, when thou diest; which appertained to him, who was the chiefe and most dearely beloved of the kindred; thus God incourageth Jacob against all his feares, and indeed it had beene enough (if he had said no more) to cheere him up, and to secure him against all discomforts that he said, he would goe downe with him; but out of the abundance of his goodnesse, besides that most gracious, though generall, promise, he tels him that he will bring him (viz. in his posteritie) up againe, and that Joseph shall there close up his eyes.