Genesis 35:23
21 Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- KJV
- The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- WEB
- The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- ASV
- The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob`s first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
- DARBY
- The sons of Leah: Reuben Jacob's firstborn and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
- BLB
- The sons of Leah: Reuben, firstborn of Jacob and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
- ÅB
- Leas sønner var: Ruben, Jakobs førstefødte, og Simeon og Levi og Juda og Issakar og Sebulon.
- OTB
- Leahs sønner var Ruben, Jakobs førstefødte, og Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issakar og Sebulon.
- B1930
- Leas sønner var: Ruben, Jakobs førstefødte, og Simeon og Levi og Juda og Issakar og Sebulon.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 30:18–20
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
Read in contextGenesis 46:8–15
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
Read in contextGenesis 29:32–35
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Read in contextGenesis 33:2
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Read in contextExodus 1:2–4
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
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