The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
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And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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Passages linked to Genesis 46:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum, and the sons of Bilhah.
- Genesis 30:7-8 Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 35:25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 49:21 “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
- Numbers 1:15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”
- Numbers 1:42-43 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war: those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 26:48-50 The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
- Deuteronomy 33:23 About Naphtali he said, “Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of Yahweh’s blessing, Possess the west and the south.”
- 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- 1 Chronicles 2:2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34 Of Naphtali: one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph,.... Who…
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph,.... Who was the more honourable of his sons, and in greater esteem with Jacob than his elder brethren were, Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, who by their conduct had greatly displeased him: moreover, he was a man of a polite address, and had endeared himself to Joseph by his speech to him, in which he discovered so much affection both to his father, and his brother Benjamin, and was upon all accounts the fittest person to be sent to Joseph:
to direct his face unto Goshen; to inform Joseph of his father's coming, that a place might be prepared for him to dwell in, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it; and particularly to direct what place in Goshen he would have him come to, and meet him at:
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and they came into the land of Goshen; which was the first part of the land of Egypt that lay nearest to Canaan: the Greek version of the whole verse is,"he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to meet him at Heroopolis, or the city of the heroes, in the land of Rameses,''which is confirmed by Josephus (x); See Gill on Gen 45:10.
(x) Antiqu. l. 2. c. 7. sect. 5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) Naphtali has four sons:
(24) Naphtali has four sons:
Num_26:48-49. 1Ch_7:13.
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Jahzeel,Jahzeel,Jahziel,Guni,Guni,Guni,Jezer,Jezer,Jezer,Shillem.Shillem.Sliallum.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, by God" (Gesenius)and…
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, by God" (Gesenius)and Guni, (Gesenius), "Dyed" (Murphy), "Protected" (Lange)and Jezer, "Form" (Gesenius, Lange, Murphy) and Shillem (Gesenius), "Avenger" (Lange).
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