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Genesis 46:23-25

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, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.

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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: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. 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 daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 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, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven. All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six. The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.

  • KJV King James Version

    And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

    And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

    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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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And the sons of Dan: Hushim.

    And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

    These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob; all the souls were seven.

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Cross-references (27)

  • Genesis 29:29 (v25) Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:13 (v24) The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum, and the sons of Bilhah.
  • Genesis 35:25 (vv23–25) The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:2 (vv23–24) Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  • Genesis 30:3-8 (v25) She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.” She gave him Bilhah…
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  • Genesis 30:6 (v23) Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.
  • Genesis 30:7-8 (v24) Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty…
  • Genesis 35:22 (v25) While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob…
  • Genesis 49:16-17 (v23) “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the…
  • Genesis 49:21 (v24) “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
  • Exodus 1:2 (v25) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
  • Numbers 1:12 (v23) Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
  • Numbers 1:15 (v24) Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”
  • Numbers 1:38-39 (v23) Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty…
  • Numbers 1:42-43 (v24) Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from…
  • Numbers 10:25 (v23) The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer…
  • Numbers 26:42-43 (v23) These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their…
  • Numbers 26:48-50 (v24) The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; of Jezer, the…
  • Deuteronomy 33:22 (v23) About Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps out of Bashan.”
  • Deuteronomy 33:23 (v24) About Naphtali he said, “Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of Yahweh’s blessing, Possess the west and the south.”
  • 2 Kings 15:29 (v24) In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead,…
  • 1 Chronicles 7:12 (v23) So were Shuppim, Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, and the sons of Aher.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:34 (v24) Of Naphtali: one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:35 (v23) Of the Danites who could set the battle in array: twenty-eight thousand six hundred.

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv23–25 And the sons of Joseph, which were born in…

And the sons of Joseph, which were born in Egypt, were two souls,.... Ephraim and Manasseh; which is observed to show that they do not come into the above reckoning, but are to be taken into another that follows:

all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten; here it may be observed, the phrase is varied; it is not said, "all the souls which came out of the loins of Jacob", but "all the souls of the house" or family of Jacob; all that that consisted of, and takes in Jacob himself, the head of his house or family; nor is it said, "which came with Jacob into Egypt", as before, but "which came into Egypt"; not which came with him thither, but yet were there by some means or another, as Joseph and his two sons; Joseph by being brought down, and sold there, and his two sons by being born there; if therefore Jacob, Joseph, and his two sons, are added to the above number of sixty six, it will make seventy; as for the account of Stephen, making the number seventy five; see Gill on Act 7:14.

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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v23 Sons. The Arabic has son. Husim is Suham, (Numbers…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v23 23. sons] Only one name is given. No list…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv23–25 (23) Dan has one son, Hushim, called Shuham in…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv23–25 And the sons of Dan; Hushim who make haste"…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v23 Hushim ... Jahziel, Guni, Jezer ... Shillem
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