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Genesis 46:15

in Genesis 46

These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

KJV

These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan–aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

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This verse in Genesis 46

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.

This site's exposition

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron

on Genesis 46:13-15

Issachar and Zebulun complete Leah's six sons, and her branch is the largest, thirty-three of the seventy. She is the wife Jacob had not chosen, and the LORD opened her womb at 29:31 while Rachel stayed barren. Out of Leah come Levi and Judah, the priesthood and the kingship.

This site's exposition

The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three

The names listed under Leah come to thirty-two once Er and Onan are left out as dead and Dinah is added. Jacob himself makes the thirty-third, and verse 8 sets him at the head of the roll. The seventy of verse 27 counts him the same way.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

These are the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

But in the above enumeration you will find only thirty-two. However, the one whose name is omitted is Jochebed who was born as they entered the border city, as it is said, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom [her mother] bore to Levi in Egypt. 185 Numbers:59.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Genesis 46:15:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אֵ֣לֶּה׀these

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[were] [the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • לֵאָ֗הLeah

    leahH3812 →34 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יָֽלְדָ֤הshe had borne

    yaldahH3205 →496 times

  • לְיַעֲקֹב֙to Jacob

    leyaakoH3290 →350 times

  • בְּפַדַּ֣ןin Paddan

    befadanH6307 →11 times

  • אֲרָ֔םAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

  • וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>

    veetH854 →929 times

  • דִּינָ֣הDinah

    dinahH1783 →8 times

  • בִתּ֑וֹdaughter his

    vitoH1323 →588 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • נֶ֧פֶשׁ<the> person of

    nefeshH5315 →754 times

  • בָּנָ֛יוsons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וּבְנוֹתָ֖יוand daughters his

    uvenotavH1323 →588 times

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים[was] thirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וְשָׁלֹֽשׁ׃and three

    veshaloshH7969 →432 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 30:17–21And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.3 worksGenesis 29:32–35And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”3 worksGenesis 28:2“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.3 worksGenesis 29:16Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.3 worksGenesis 30:21After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.3 works1 Chronicles 2:1These were the sons of Israel:2 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 34:1–31Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.2 worksGenesis 49:3–15Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.2 worksNumbers 1:1–54On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:2 worksExodus 1:2–3Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;2 worksNumbers 26:1–65After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,2 worksGenesis 25:20and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.2 worksGenesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.2 works2 Samuel 13:20Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.2 worksGenesis 33:18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.2 worksNumbers 10:1–36Then the LORD said to Moses,1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 2:1

    These were the sons of Israel:

    it leads to

    • Genesis 32:28

      Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

    • Revelation 7:5–8

      From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

    • Genesis 35:22–26

      While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

    • Genesis 46:8–27

      Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

    • Genesis 49:2

      Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

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Jacob Goes to Egypt — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob Goes to Egypt — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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