The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali. The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
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The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali. The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram. Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
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The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
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The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
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the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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- Genesis 30:18-20 (v23) Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar. Leah conceived again, and bore a…
- Genesis 30:22-24 (v24) God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”…
- Genesis 25:20 (v26) Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be…
- Genesis 29:32-35 (v23) Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband…
- Genesis 30:9-13 (v26) When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore…
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- Genesis 31:18 (v26) and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan…
- Genesis 35:16-18 (v24) They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor. When she was in hard…
- Genesis 35:18 (v26) As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
- Genesis 46:8-15 (v23) These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. The sons of Reuben:…
- Genesis 46:16-18 (v26) The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their…
- Genesis 46:19-22 (v24) The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the…
- Genesis 28:2 (v26) Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s…
- Genesis 30:4-8 (v25) She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her. Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. Rachel said, “God has judged me,…
- Genesis 33:2 (v23) He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
- Genesis 37:2 (v25) This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy…
- Genesis 46:23-25 (v25) The son of Dan: Hushim. The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel,…
- Exodus 1:2-4 (v23) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v26 All but Benjamin, who must in all reason be…
All but Benjamin, who must in all reason be supposed to be excepted here, because he is said to be born elsewhere, above, Gen 35:16. But it is a usual synecdoche, whereby that is ascribed to all in gross which belongs to the greatest part. See Gen 15:13; 46:15; Exo 12:40; Jdg 20:46; Joh 20:24; 1Co 15:5.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv23–25 And the sons of Bilhah,.... Then Bilhah's sons, who…
And the sons of Bilhah,.... Then Bilhah's sons, who was Rachel's handmaid, and these were two, Dan and Naphtali.
And the sons of Bilhah,.... Then Bilhah's sons, who was Rachel's handmaid, and these were two, Dan and Naphtali.
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gen 35:26And the sons of Zilpah,.... And lastly, the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, which were two also, Gad and Asher; it is added:
these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram, all excepting Benjamin; and because they were by far the greater part, even all but one, that were born there, this is said in general; and there having been given in the context such a particular account of the birth of Benjamin, and of the place of it, them was no need for the historian particularly to except him, since the reader would be in no danger of being led into a mistake.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv23, 26 Verse 23. The sons of Leah] The children are…
Verse 23. The sons of Leah] The children are arranged under their respective mothers, and not in order of their birth.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v26 Syria, all except Benjamin. (Calmet) --- All frequently means…
Syria, all except Benjamin. (Calmet) --- All frequently means the greatest part. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v26 Sons of Jacob . . . born to him…
Sons of Jacob . . . born to him in Padan-aram--It is a common practice of the sacred historian to say of a company or body of men that which, though true of the majority, may not be applicable to every individual. (See Mat 19:28; Joh 20:24; Heb 11:13). Here is an example, for Benjamin was born in Canaan [Gen 35:16-18].
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v26 (26) In Padan-aram.—The words are to be taken only…
(26) In Padan-aram.—The words are to be taken only generally, as Benjamin was born in Canaan.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v23 Vers. 23-26. The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob"s firstborn,…
Vers. 23-26. The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob"s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun (cf. Gen_29:32-35 Gen_30:18-20 Gen_46:8-15; Exo_1:2, Exo_1:3) The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin (cf. Gen_30:22-24 Gen_35:18 Gen_46:19) And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel"s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali (cf. Gen_30:4-8) And the sons of Zilpah, Leah"s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: (cf. Gen_30:9-13) these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. All except Benjamin were born there. Either this is an instance of the summary style of Scripture in which minute verbal accuracy is not always preserved (Inglis), or the whole period of Jacob s pilgrimage to Mesopotamia and back is intended by his residence in Padan-aram (Kalisch).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv23, 26 This is the name of Rachel's female servant. See…
Bilhah
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Leah
Reuben
firstborn
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Rachel
Joseph (OT)
Benjamin
servant
Dan
Naphtali
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v23 35:23-26 The twelve sons became leaders of the twelve…
35:23-26 The twelve sons became leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel. Their names are the firstfruits of the nation.
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