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Genesis 46:25

in Genesis 46

These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

KJV

These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

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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 son of Dan: Hushim

on Genesis 46:23-25

The Hebrew heading reads sons of Dan with one name under it, Hushim. John Gill takes the plural as the form the list keeps. Bilhah's two sons bring seven, and with Zilpah's sixteen that puts nearly a third of the seventy in the handmaids' line.

This site's exposition

whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel

Bilhah came to Rachel from Laban at 29:29. Rachel gave her to Jacob at 30:3 so she could have children through her, and Dan and Naphtali were named by Rachel as her own. Bilhah is also the woman Reuben lay with at 35:22.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter,.... To be her maid, when she was married to Jacob: and she bare these unto Jacob, all the souls were seven; not that she bare seven sons to Jacob, she bore but two, Dan and Naphtali; but the children of these with them made seven, one of Dan's, and four of Naphtali's, who went down with Jacob into Egypt.

The words behind it

15 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.

  • אֵ֚לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[were] [the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • בִלְהָ֔הBilhah

    vilhahH1090 →11 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־whom

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֥ןhe had given

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • לָבָ֖ןLaban

    lavanH3837 →55 times

  • לְרָחֵ֣לto Rachel

    lerachelH7354 →47 times

  • בִּתּ֑וֹdaughter his

    bitoH1323 →588 times

  • וַתֵּ֧לֶדand she had borne

    vateledH3205 →496 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֵ֛לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • לְיַעֲקֹ֖בto Jacob

    leyaakoH3290 →350 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • נֶ֥פֶשׁperson

    nefeshH5315 →754 times

  • שִׁבְעָֽה׃[was] seven

    shivahH7651 →394 times

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

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The walk

8 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

    Exodus 1:2

    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

    it leads to

    • Genesis 35:22

      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:

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Genesis 35:22

    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:

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 5:1

      These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So…

    • Leviticus 18:8

      You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

    • 2 Samuel 16:21–22

      Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who…

    • 2 Samuel 20:3

      When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them,…

  • Through

    Genesis 35:25

    The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 37:2

      This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Genesis 29:29

    Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 30:3–8

      Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

    • Genesis 29:24

      And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

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
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 46 →

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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