Genesis 46:25

25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Lavan gave to Rachel his daughter; she bore them to Ya'akov - in sum, seven people.

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 The sons of Dan: Hushim.
24 The sons of Naftali: Yachtze'el, Guni, Yetzer and Shillem.
25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Lavan gave to Rachel his daughter; she bore them to Ya'akov - in sum, seven people.
26 All the people belonging to Ya'akov coming into Egypt, his direct descendants (not counting Ya'akov's sons' wives), totaled sixty-six.
27 The sons of Yosef, born to him in Egypt, were two in number. Thus all the people in Ya'akov's family who entered Egypt numbered seventy.
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