Genesis 46:8-27

8 1Now 2these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. 3Reuben, Jacob's firstborn,
9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 The sons of 4Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 The sons of 5Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but 6Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of 7Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 8The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron.
14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These are the sons of Leah, 9whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.
16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 10The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 11These are the sons of Zilpah, 12whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob--sixteen persons.
19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 And 13to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of 14On, bore to him.
21 And 15the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob--fourteen persons in all.
23 The sons of Dan: Hushim.
24 16The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 17These are the sons of Bilhah, 18whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob--seven persons in all.
26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all.
27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. 19All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.

Genesis 46:8-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 46

In this chapter we are told, that Jacob with all his family and substance took a journey to Egypt to see his son Joseph, as he determined, in which he was encouraged to proceed by a vision from God, Ge 46:1-7; and an account is given of all his sons, his sons' sons and daughters that went thither with him, Ge 46:8-27; when he came near to Egypt he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to acquaint him of his coming, who met him at Goshen, where there was a most affectionate interview between them, Ge 46:28-30; and when he gave directions and instructions what answers to give to Pharaoh's questions, when they should appear before him, to whom he proposed to go and inform him of their being come into Egypt, Ge 46:31-34.

Cross References 19

  • 1. For ver. 8-11, see Exodus 6:14-16
  • 2. Exodus 1:1-5
  • 3. Numbers 26:5; 1 Chronicles 5:1-3
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 6:1
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 2:3; 1 Chronicles 4:21
  • 6. Genesis 38:3, 7, 10
  • 7. Genesis 38:29; 1 Chronicles 2:5
  • 8. 1 Chronicles 7:1
  • 9. See Genesis 29:32-35; Genesis 30:1-21
  • 10. 1 Chronicles 7:30
  • 11. See Genesis 30:10-13
  • 12. Genesis 29:24
  • 13. Genesis 41:50-52
  • 14. Genesis 41:45
  • 15. See Numbers 26:38-40; 1 Chronicles 7:6-12; 1 Chronicles 8:1
  • 16. 1 Chronicles 7:13
  • 17. See Genesis 30:5-8
  • 18. Genesis 29:29
  • 19. Exodus 1:5; Deuteronomy 10:22; [Acts 7:14]
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