Genesis 46:7
in Genesis 46Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
KJV
His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
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This verse in Genesis 46
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIt is probable that they had continued to live together in common with their father; and therefore when he went they all went, which perhaps they were the more willing to do, because, though they had heard that the land of Canaan was promised them, yet, to this day, they had none of it in possession.
This site's exposition
his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters
The house goes down whole, sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters, with nobody left behind. Genesis names his offspring four ways in one verse, so the count takes in the women as well as the men. Matthew Henry notes they went the more willingly for holding none of Canaan yet. Jacob took all of them with him to Egypt.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
His sons, and his sons' sons with him,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
daughters--As Dinah was his only daughter, this must mean daughters-in-law. all his seed brought he with him--Though disabled by age from active superintendence, yet, as the venerable sheik of the tribe, he was looked upon as their common head and consulted in every step.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
All his seed brought he with him into Egypt - When Jacob went down into Egypt he was in the one hundred and thirtieth year of his age, two hundred and fifteen years after the promise was made to Abraham, Gen 12:1-4, in the year of the world 2298, and before Christ.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּנָ֞יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבְנֵ֤י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָנָיו֙ | vanav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אִתּ֔וֹ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
| בְּנֹתָ֛יו | benotav | daughters his | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וּבְנ֥וֹת | uvenot | and [the] daughters of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| בָּנָ֖יו | banav | children his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זַרְע֑וֹ | zaro | offspring his | H2233 → | 229 times |
| הֵבִ֥יא | hevi' | he brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אִתּ֖וֹ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
| מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ ס | mitzrayemah | Egypt towards | H4714 → | 641 times |
בָּנָ֞יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וּבְנֵ֤יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
בָנָיו֙sons his
vanavH1121 →4930 times
אִתּ֔וֹwith him
ʾitoH854 →929 times
בְּנֹתָ֛יוdaughters his
benotavH1323 →588 times
וּבְנ֥וֹתand [the] daughters of
uvenotH1323 →588 times
בָּנָ֖יוchildren his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
זַרְע֑וֹoffspring his
zaroH2233 →229 times
הֵבִ֥יאhe brought
hevi'H935 →2568 times
אִתּ֖וֹwith him
ʾitoH854 →929 times
מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ סEgypt towards
mitzrayemahH4714 →641 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Chuck Missler, The Book of Genesis; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.