Genesis 46:7

7 his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters. He took all his family to Egypt with him.

Genesis 46:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:7

His sons, and his sons' sons with him
His eleven sons, and their sons, his grandchildren: and his daughters;
his own daughter Dinah, and his daughters in law, the wives of his sons; for these came with him into Egypt, as appears from ( Genesis 46:5 ) ; though the plural may be put for the singular, as in ( Genesis 46:23 ) : and his sons' daughters;
and mention is made of Sarah the daughter of Asher, ( Genesis 46:17 ) ; Jarchi adds, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, but it is certain she was born in Egypt, ( Numbers 26:59 ) : and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt;
left none behind him in Canaan, son or daughter; no mention is made of servants, though no doubt many came along with him: the design of the historian is to give an account of Jacob's children, who they were, and their number, when they came into Egypt, that the increase of them might be observed.

Genesis 46:7 In-Context

5 Then Jacob left Beersheba. The sons of Israel loaded their father, their children, and their wives in the wagons the king of Egypt had sent.
6 They also took their farm animals and everything they had gotten in Canaan. So Jacob went to Egypt with all his descendants --
7 his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters. He took all his family to Egypt with him.
8 Now these are the names of the children of Israel who went into Egypt (Jacob and his descendants). Reuben was Jacob's first son.
9 Reuben's sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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