Genesis 46:18

18 These are Jacob's sons by Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. There were sixteen persons in this part of Jacob's family.

Genesis 46:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:18

These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his
daughter
To be her maid, when she was married to Jacob, by whom he had Gad and Asher: and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls;
not that Zilpah bare sixteen children to Jacob, for she bore but two; but the children and grandchildren of these two with them made sixteen.

Genesis 46:18 In-Context

16 Gad's sons were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

17 Asher's sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister was Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malkiel.

18 These are Jacob's sons by Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. There were sixteen persons in this part of Jacob's family.

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

20 In Egypt, Joseph became the father of Manasseh and Ephraim by his wife Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.