Genesis 35:24
in Genesis 35The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
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ASV
the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
KJV
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
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This verse in Genesis 35
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Reuben the firstborn of Jacob
on Genesis 35:23-26
Reuben still carries the title firstborn of Jacob. That stands one verse after verse 22, so the list keeps the rank while the birthright has gone. The closing line says they were born in Paddan-aram, which holds for eleven, since Benjamin was born on the road.
This site's exposition
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin
Rachel bears two sons, and her line becomes three tribes when Jacob adopts Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh at Genesis 48:5. Genesis 37 to 50 turns on these two.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
The sons of Rachel,.... Then Rachel's, Jacob's next wife, though in right his first and only one, who had two children, Joseph and Benjamin.
The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רָחֵ֔ל | rachel | Rachel | H7354 → | 47 times |
| יוֹסֵ֖ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ | uvinyamin | and Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
רָחֵ֔לRachel
rachelH7354 →47 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.
Where this verse is studied
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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 (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.