Genesis 46:25

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

Genesis 46:25 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:25

These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel
his daughter
To be her maid, when she was married to Jacob: and she bare these unto Jacob, all the souls [were] seven;
not that she bare seven sons to Jacob, she bore but two, Dan and Naphtali; but the children of these with them made seven, one of Dan's, and four of Naphtali's, who went down with Jacob into Egypt.

Genesis 46:25 In-Context

23 And the son of Dan: Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob; all the souls were seven.
26 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six.
27 And 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 threescore and ten.
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