Genesis 46:19
in Genesis 46The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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ASV
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
KJV
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
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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 Jacob's wife Rachel
on Genesis 46:19-22
Rachel alone is called Jacob's wife in the roll, though she has been dead since chapter 35, and her two are Joseph and Benjamin. Manasseh and Ephraim are counted in, born in Egypt to Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. In chapter 48 a blind man crosses his hands over them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sons Rachel, Jacob's wife,.... The wife of his affection and choice, his principal wife, yea, his only lawful wife; Zilpah and Bilhah were his concubines, and as for Leah, she was imposed and forced upon him: Joseph and Benjamin; the first was in Egypt already, the other now went down with Jacob.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
THESE ARE THE SONS OF ZILPAH, etc. THE SONS OF RACHEL JACOB’s WIFE, etc. It is customary for Scripture to first enumerate the sons of the mistresses together, just as it said in the Seder Vayishlach Yaakov. Above,: 23-26.
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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֤י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רָחֵל֙ | rachel | Rachel | H7354 → | 47 times |
| אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| יוֹסֵ֖ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ | uvinyamin | and Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
בְּנֵ֤י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
רָחֵל֙Rachel
rachelH7354 →47 times
אֵ֣שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
יַֽעֲקֹ֔בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
יוֹסֵ֖ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃and Benjamin
uvinyaminH1144 →166 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 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 44:27And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
it leads to
- Genesis 35:16–18
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- Genesis 30:22–25
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
- Genesis 29:18–21
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
- Genesis 35:16–18
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
