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Genesis 46:8-27

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

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

    And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

    And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

    And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

    And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

    And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

    These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

    And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

    And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

    These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

    The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

    And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

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

    These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

    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.

    All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

    And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born.

    And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

    And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

    And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

    And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.

    And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

    These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

    And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

    And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.

    These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

    The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

    And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.

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

    These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen.

    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.

    All the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six.

    And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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  • Exodus 1:5 (vv19, 26, 27) All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
  • Genesis 29:29 (v25) Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.
  • Genesis 41:50-52 (v20) To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. Joseph…
  • Exodus 6:15 (v10) The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of…
  • Numbers 26:15-17 (v16) The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family…
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  • Deuteronomy 10:22 (v27) Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
  • Acts 7:14 (v27) Joseph sent and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
  • Genesis 29:24 (v18) Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:6-12 (v21) The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’…
  • 1 Chronicles 12:32 (v13) Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all…
  • Genesis 29:32-35 (v15) 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 29:33 (v10) She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She…
  • Genesis 29:34 (v11) She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.”…
  • Genesis 29:35 (v12) She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
  • Genesis 30:11 (v16) Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
  • Genesis 30:13 (v17) Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
  • Genesis 30:17-21 (v15) God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my…
  • Genesis 38:7 (v12) Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.
  • Genesis 38:10 (v12) The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.
  • Genesis 41:45 (v20) Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over…
  • Genesis 44:27 (v19) Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
  • Genesis 49:20 (v17) “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
  • Exodus 1:1-5 (v8) Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and…
  • Deuteronomy 33:6 (v8) “Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.”
  • 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 (v8) These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. The sons of…
  • 1 Chronicles 4:21 (v12) The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who…
  • 1 Chronicles 7:13 (v24) The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum, and the sons of Bilhah.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:1 (vv10–15) These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
  • 1 Chronicles 2:2 (vv16, 17, 19, 23, 24) Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  • Genesis 35:25 (vv23–25) The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
  • Genesis 35:26 (vv16–18) The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
  • Genesis 35:23 (vv13, 15) The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  • Genesis 49:5-7 (vv10–11) “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to…
  • Numbers 1:11 (vv16, 21) Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
  • Numbers 1:36-37 (vv19, 21) Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from…
  • Genesis 25:20 (v15) 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 28:1 (v10) Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
  • Genesis 29:1-30 (v8) Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and saw three…
  • Genesis 29:18 (v19) Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
  • Genesis 29:32 (v8) 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 30:3-8 (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…
  • 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 30:9-13 (v18) 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…
  • Genesis 30:14-18 (v13) Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah,…
  • Genesis 30:19-20 (v14) Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me,…
  • Genesis 30:24 (v19) She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”
  • Genesis 34:1-31 (v15) Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the…
  • Genesis 34:25 (v10) On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the…
  • Genesis 34:30 (v10) Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the…
  • Genesis 35:11 (v26) God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out…
  • Genesis 35:16-18 (v19) 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 35:22 (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 35:22-23 (v8) 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 35:24 (v19) The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
  • Genesis 37:1-36 (v19) Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being…
  • Genesis 38:1-3 (v12) At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. There, Judah saw the daughter of a…
  • Genesis 38:24-30 (v12) About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by…
  • Genesis 39:1–40:23 (v19) Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the…
  • Genesis 47:1-31 (v19) Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have…
  • Genesis 48:4-5 (v20) and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land…
  • Genesis 48:13-14 (v20) Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and…
  • Genesis 48:20 (v20) He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in you, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’ ” He set Ephraim before…
  • Genesis 49:1-33 (v8) Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.…
  • Genesis 49:3-15 (v15) “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power. Boiling over like…
  • Genesis 49:8-12 (v12) “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you. Judah is…
  • Genesis 49:13 (v14) “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
  • Genesis 49:14-15 (v13) “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags. He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant.…
  • 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 49:19 (v16) “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
  • Genesis 49:21 (v24) “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
  • Genesis 49:22-27 (v19) “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall. The archers have severely grieved him, shot at…
  • Genesis 49:27 (v21) “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
  • Genesis 50:1-14 (v19) Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him. Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the…
  • Exodus 1:2 (v25) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
  • Exodus 1:2-3 (v15) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
  • Exodus 1:3 (v19) Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
  • Exodus 1:4 (v18) Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
  • Exodus 6:14-18 (v8) These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are…
  • Exodus 6:16 (v11) These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi…
  • Exodus 24:1 (v27) He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
  • Numbers 1:1-54 (v15) Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after…
  • Numbers 1:5 (v8) These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
  • Numbers 1:6 (v10) Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
  • Numbers 1:7 (v12) Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
  • Numbers 1:8 (v13) Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
  • Numbers 1:9 (v14) Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
  • Numbers 1:12 (v23) Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
  • Numbers 1:13 (v17) Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
  • Numbers 1:15 (v24) Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”
  • Numbers 1:20-21 (v8) The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the…
  • Numbers 1:22-23 (v10) Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the…
  • Numbers 1:24-25 (v16) Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty…
  • Numbers 1:26-27 (v12) Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty…
  • Numbers 1:28-30 (v13) Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from…
  • Numbers 1:30-31 (v14) Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from…
  • Numbers 1:32-35 (v20) Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the…
  • 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 1:40-41 (v17) Of the children of Asher, 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…

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On v8 8. These are the names of the children of…

8. These are the names of the children of Israel. He recounts the sons and grandsons of Jacob, till he arrives at their full number. The statement that there were but seventy souls, while Stephen (Acts 7:14) adds five more, is made, I doubt not, by an error of the transcribers. For the solution of Augustine is weak, that Stephen, by a prolepsis, enumerates also three who afterwards were born in Egypt; for he must then have formed a far longer catalogue. Again, this interpretation is repugnant to the design of the Holy Spirit, as we shall hereafter see: because the subject here treated of, is not respecting the number of children Jacob left behind him at his death, but respecting the number of his family on the day when he went down into Egypt. He is said to have brought with him, or to have found there, seventy souls born unto him, in order that the comparison of this very small number, with that immense multitude which the Lord afterwards led forth, might the more fully illustrate His wonderful benediction. But that the error is to be imputed to the transcribers, is hence apparent, that with the Greek interpreters, it has crept only into one passage, while, elsewhere, they agree with the Hebrew reckoning. And it was easy when numerals were signified by marks, for one passage to be corrupted. I suspect also that this happened from the following cause, that those who had to deal with the Scripture were generally ignorant of the Hebrew language; so that, conceiving the passage in the Acts to be vitiated, they rashly changed the true number. If any one, however, chooses rather to suppose that Luke in this instance accommodated himself to the rude and illiterate, who were accustomed to the Greek version, I do not contend with them. In the words of Moses there is, indeed, no ambiguity, nor is there any reason why so small a matter, in which there is no absurdity, should give us any trouble; for it is not wonderful, that, in this mode of notation, one letter should have been put in the place of another. It is more to the purpose, to examine wherefore this small number of persons is recorded by Moses. For, the more improbable it appears, that seventy men, in no lengthened space of time, should have grown to such a multitude; so much the more clearly does the grace of God shine forth. And this is also the reason why he so frequently mentions this number. For it was, by no means, according to human apprehension, a likely method of propagating the Church, that Abraham should live childless even to old age; that, after the death of Isaac, Jacob alone should remain; that he, being increased with a moderate family, should be shut up in a corner of Egypt, and that there an incredible number of people should spring up from this dry fountain. When Moses declares that Shaul, one of the sons of Simon, was born of a Canaanitish woman, while he does not even mention the mothers of the other sons, his intention, I doubt not, is to fix a mark of dishonor on his race. For the holy Fathers were on their guard, not to mix in marriage with that nation, from which they were separated by the decree of heaven. When Moses, having put down the names of Leah’s sons, says there were thirty-three souls, whereas he has only mentioned thirty-two; I understand that Jacob himself is to be reckoned the first in order. The statement that he had so many sons or daughters by Leah does not oppose this conclusion. For although, strictly speaking, his discourse is concerning sons, yet he commences with the head of the family. I reject the interpretation of the Hebrews, who suppose Jochebed the mother of Moses to be included, as being overstrained. A question suggests itself concerning the daughters, whether there were more than two. If Dinah alone were named, it might be said that express mention was made of her, because of the notorious fact which had happened to her. But since Moses enumerates another female in the progeny of Aser, I rather conjecture that these had remained unmarried, or single; for no mention is made of those who were wives.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv15, 26 Or, persons.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv12, 26, 27 Gen 46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv8, 10, 12, 15, 21, 26, 27 This genealogy is both here and elsewhere described exactly…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–27 And these are the names of the children of…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv8, 12, 20 Verse 8. These are the names of the children…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 12, 15, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27 Hesron and Charmi were probably born in Egypt, as…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v8 all the souls of the house of Jacob, which…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8, 12, 21, 27 THE MUSTER-ROLL OF ISRAEL, Gen_46:8-27.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27 9. = Exo_6:14; Num_26:5-6.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (8) These are the names of the children of…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8–26 And these are the names of the children of…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v8 And these are the names of the children of…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On v8 Gen_46:8-28. And these are the names of the children…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v26 All the souls
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v8 List of the Souls in Jacob’s Family
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26 These were the names
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8, 20, 26, 27 46:8-27 This genealogy of the sons of Jacob shows…
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