וַיָּגָר שָׁם - מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹא יָרַד יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ לְהִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ בְּמִצְרַיִם, אֶלָּא לָגוּר שָׁם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל

פַּרְעֹה, לָגוּר בָּאָרֶץ בָּאנוּ, כִּי אֵין מִרְעֶה לַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ כִּי כָבֵד הָרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן, וְעַתָּה יֵשְׁבוּ נָא עֲבָדֶיךָ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶן.

"And he resided there" - [This] teaches that Yaakov, our father, didn't go down

to settle in Egypt, but rather [only] to reside there, [temporarily],as it is stated (Genesis 47:4), "And they said to Pharaoh, 'To reside in the land

have we come, since there is not enough pasture for your servant's flocks, since the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan; and now please grant

that your servants should dwell in the Land of Goshen.'"