A short Insight into Judges, Chapter 7 By Rabbi Nisson Dov Miller

Rabbeinu Bachya explains that when Yaakov Avinu started his journey to see his long lost son Yosef, Hashem appeared to him in a dream and said (Bereishis, 46,4), “Have no fear of descending to Egypt … Anochi eireid imcha Mitzraiymah v'anochi a'alcha gam aloh” - “I shall descend with you to Egypt and I shall surely bring you up.” This is a hint here that the Shechinah will descend with them. Although the translation from Onkelus usually tries to veer away from attributing “physical” type behavior with Hashem, here Onkelus confirms the hint as he translates “eireid”as “eichus” - “I will go down”( differently than he translates it in Shemos “Vayeired Hashem be'anan” - “And Hashem descended in a cloud” ; Onkelous – “v'isgali Hashem” - “And Hashem revealed Himself”).