Genesis 46:25 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 46:25

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֚לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
בִלְהָ֔ה	vil.Hah	Bilhah	H1090 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
נָתַ֥ן	na.Tan	he had given	H5414 →
לָבָ֖ן	la.Van	Laban	H3837 →
לְרָחֵ֣ל	le.ra.Chel	to Rachel	H7354 →
בִּתּ֑וֹ	bi.To	daughter his	H1323 →
וַתֵּ֧לֶד	va.Te.led	and she had borne	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֵ֛לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב	le.ya.'a.Ko	to Jacob	H3290 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
נֶ֥פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	person	H5315 →
שִׁבְעָֽה׃	shiv.'Ah	[was] seven	H7651 →

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

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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
Exodus 1:2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
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 independent 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:
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.
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 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 29:29
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
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.

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Jacob Goes to Egypt — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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