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Genesis 46:8-15

GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 46:8 Although Reuben (v. Genesis 46:8) was the first son born to Jacob, his official status as firstborn was transferred to Joseph (see 1 Chronicles 5:1). his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. The reference to daughters here is puzzling, since only one daughter, Dinah, is mentioned in the preceding list. These verses actually list 34 people associated with Leah (Genesis 46:15). The total of 33 probably represents some other method of counting.

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See also Genesis 46:8-15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 46:8. _THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL_] It may be necessary to observe here, _First_, that several of these names are expressed differently elsewhere, _Jemuel_ for _Nemue...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Jacob Goes Down to Egypt 9. פלוּא _pallû'_, Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן _chetsrôn_, Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי _karmı̂y_, Karmi, “vine-dresser.” 10. ימוּאל _y__e__mû'êl_, Jem...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 46 JACOB GOES DOWN TO EGYPT _ 1. Israel's departure and the vision (Genesis 46:1)_ 2. The journey and the arrival in Egypt (Genesis 46:5) 3. The offspring of the sons of Jacob (Genesis 46:8...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 46:1 TO GENESIS 47:12. JACOB AND HIS DESCENDANTS GO DOWN INTO EGYPT AND SETTLE IN GOSHEN. The list in Genesis 46:8 with the introductory verses...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    JACOB AND HIS SONS— Jacob himself is to be reckoned in the number of those who went into AEgypt, as in Genesis 46:10 _the sons of Simeon_ include Simeon, with his sons; and so of the other patriarchs....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _Joseph as Prime Minister of Egypt_ (Genesis 41:46 to Genesis 47:31) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT, JACOB AND HIS SONS: REUBEN, JACOB'S FIRSTBORN._ These, are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt. The na...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DESCENT OF JACOB INTO EGYPT. THE GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE ISRAELITES 1-4. On reaching Beersheba, the southern boundary of the Promised Land, Jacob offers sacrifices to God. In return God assures...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 46 JACOB TRAVELS TO EGYPT V1 So Israel set out on his journey and he took all his possessions with him. He came to Beer-sheba. And there he gave...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ‘These are’ refers to the names in the verses that follow. In these verses, the word ‘sons’ sometimes means ‘grandsons’. And it can also include the sons of grandsons....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE ISRAELITES. (8) THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT. — This document, consisting of Genesis 46:8, is one that would be of the highest importan...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֵ֨לֶּה שְׁמֹ֧ות בְּנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הַ ב

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB AND HIS FAMILY GO TO EGYPT Genesis 46:1 Evidently Joseph's invitation to his father to come to him in Egypt aroused very earnest questionings in Jacob's soul. Was it a wise step for him to take...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter should be read in the light of the whole divine movement we are attempting to keep in mind. The migration of Jacob and his sons to Egypt is here distinctly shown to be a part of God's pro...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    A JOURNEY TOWARD REUNION Jacob had believed a lie so long that he could not accept the truth. It took hearing his sons repeat Joseph's words and seeing the carts he sent to convince him. Then, he said...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    See Numbers 26:5 I detain not the Reader through these verses, but only to observe upon the whole, that it was now more than 200 years since GOD promised to make of Abraham a great nation and yet that...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._These are the names of the children of Israel_. He recounts the sons and grandsons of Jacob, till he arrives at their full number. The statement that there were but seventy souls, while Stephen (Ac...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 42 THROUGH 47. At the same time another scene presents itself. His brethren, who had rejected him, forced by famine, are brought, by the path of repentance an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THESE [ARE] THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT,.... Not meaning precisely Jacob's seed and offspring, but the body of the people of Israel, as they were when they went into...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iacob is comforted by God at Beersheba. 5 Thence hee with his company goeth into Egypt. 8 The number of his family that went into Egypt. 28 Ioseph meeteth Iacob. 31 Hee instructeth his brethren...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    LIST OF THE SOULS IN JACOB'S FAMILY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, the names being here recorded as the forefathers of that great nation which grew up in Egypt: REUBEN, JACOB...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    EIGHTH SECTION _Israel’s emigration with his family to Egypt. The settlement in the land of Goshen. Jacob and Pharaoh. Joseph’s political Economy. Jacob’s charge concerning his burial at Canaan._ GE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB AND HIS FAMILY MOVE TO EGYPT (vs.1-27) Nothing is said of the great amount of preparation they must make for their journey, but Jacob is said to take the journey with all that he had, which of...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-27 We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This genealogy is both here and elsewhere described exactly and particularly, as well to show the faithfulness of God in the performance of his promise concerning the vast multiplication of Abraham's...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 46:8 names H8034 children H1121 Israel H3478 Jacob H3290 sons H1121 went H935 (H8802) Egypt H4714 Reuben...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THOSE WHO WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT (GENESIS 46:8). There now follows a catalogue of ‘all the souls who came into Egypt.' At first sight this is rather an understatement. It excludes his sons' wives (Genes...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jacob's journey to Egypt and meeting with Joseph. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, brothers, their families, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: A glorious meeting day is coming after the trials and mistakes o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 46:2. _In the visions of the night._ It was a practice of the ancient Romans to undertake nothing of importance without consulting the gods, a practice derived no doubt from the holy patriarch...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt_ THE CATALOGUE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL I. IT MARKS THE COMMENCEMENT, AND GIVES THE OUTLINE OF, THE NATION’S HISTORY. II....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 46:8. And these are the names of the children of Israel, etc.] “Catalogue of Jacob’s sons, grandchildren, and great-grand children who went down into Egypt. The children are r...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 46:1 AND ISRAEL (as the head of the theocratic family) TOOK HIS JOURNEY—_literally, broke up, _sc. his encampment (cf. Genesis 12:9)—WITH ALL THAT HE HAD, AND CAME—from Hebron ...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    the names. Genesis 29:1 Genesis 30:43 Genesis 35:23 Genesis 49:1 Exodus 1:1

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why does the Bible speak about the twelve tribes of Israel when actually there were fourteen? PROBLEM: The Bible often states that there were twelve tribes of Israel. Yet, in three different passages...

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