Genesis 46:16
in Genesis 46The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
KJV
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
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This verse in Genesis 46
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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 Gad: Ziphion, Haggi
on Genesis 46:16-18
Gad and Asher are Zilpah's, and between them they bring sixteen, more than Rachel's fourteen. The list keeps saying who gave whom to whom, Zilpah to Leah and Bilhah to Rachel, both out of Laban's hand. Serah, Asher's daughter, is the second woman named in the roll.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the sons of Gad,.... A son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's maid; for the historian, before he proceeds to give an account of his sons by Rachel, finishes the account of all his sons by Leah and her maid: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, and Eri, and Arodi, and Areli; in all seven; the same number is given, and in the same order, Num 26:15.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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.
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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גָ֔ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| צִפְי֥וֹן | tzifyon | Zephon | H6837 → | |
| וְחַגִּ֖י | vechagi | and Haggi | H2291 → | |
| שׁוּנִ֣י | shuni | Shuni | H7764 → | |
| וְאֶצְבֹּ֑ן | veetzbon | and Ezbon | H675 → | |
| עֵרִ֥י | ʾeri | Eri | H6179 → | |
| וַֽאֲרוֹדִ֖י | vaarodi | and Arodi | H722 → | |
| וְאַרְאֵלִֽי׃ | veareli | and Areli | H692 → |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
גָ֔דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
צִפְי֥וֹןZephon
tzifyonH6837 →
וְחַגִּ֖יand Haggi
vechagiH2291 →
שׁוּנִ֣יShuni
shuniH7764 →
וְאֶצְבֹּ֑ןand Ezbon
veetzbonH675 →
עֵרִ֥יEri
ʾeriH6179 →
וַֽאֲרוֹדִ֖יand Arodi
vaarodiH722 →
וְאַרְאֵלִֽי׃and Areli
veareliH692 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Genesis 30:11Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
it leads to
- Genesis 49:19
Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
- Deuteronomy 33:20–21
Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
- Isaiah 65:11
But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Genesis 49:19
Through
Genesis 35:26And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
it leads to
- Genesis 31:18
and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
- Genesis 30:9–13
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Genesis 46:16–18
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
- Genesis 35:18
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- Genesis 31:18
About Genesis
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.