Exodus 1:4
in Exodus 1Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
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Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
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Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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This verse in Exodus 1
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the names of the children of Israel
on Exodus 1:1-4
The book opens with the word And, so in Hebrew it reads as the next paragraph of Genesis rather than the start of something separate, and its Hebrew title is taken from this verse, Shemoth, meaning names. The list compresses Genesis 46:8 to 27, running Leah's six sons first, then Rachel's Benjamin, then the four born to Bilhah and Zilpah. Joseph is left out of the roll because he was in Egypt before any of them arrived.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Who are last mentioned, being sons of the concubine wives.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּ֥ן | dan | Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
| וְנַפְתָּלִ֖י | venaftali | and Naphtali | H5321 → | |
| גָּ֥ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | |
| וְאָשֵֽׁר׃ | veasher | and Asher | H836 → |
דָּ֥ןDan
danH1835 →70 times
וְנַפְתָּלִ֖יand Naphtali
venaftaliH5321 →
גָּ֥דGad
gadH1410 →
וְאָשֵֽׁר׃and Asher
veasherH836 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.