Genesis 46:21 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 46:21

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

KJV

And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

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Commentary

1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנֵ֣י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] sons of	H1121 →
בִנְיָמִ֗ן	vin.ya.Min	Benjamin	H1144 →
בֶּ֤לַע	Be.la'	Bela	H1106 →
וָבֶ֙כֶר֙	va.Ve.kher	and Beker	H1071 →
וְאַשְׁבֵּ֔ל	ve.'ash.Bel	and Ashbel	H788 →
גֵּרָ֥א	ge.Ra'	Gera	H1617 →
וְנַעֲמָ֖ן	ve.na.'a.Man	and Naaman	H5283 →
אֵחִ֣י	'e.Chi	Ehi	H278 →
וָרֹ֑אשׁ	va.Rosh	and Rosh	H7220 →
מֻפִּ֥ים	mu.Pim	Muppim	H4649 →
וְחֻפִּ֖ים	ve.chu.Pim	and Huppim	H2650 →
וָאָֽרְדְּ׃	va.'A.red	and Ard	H714 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 33:12
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 15:2
  So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…
- Matthew 23:37
  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- Psalms 91:4
  He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- Isaiah 51:16
  I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Deuteronomy 12:10
  When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you…
Through
Genesis 49:27
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
leads to
- Judges 20:25
  That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- Judges 20:21
  And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
- Ezekiel 22:27
  Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.