Genesis 35:24
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:
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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.
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- BSB
- The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
- KJV
- The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
- WEB
- The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- ASV
- the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
- DARBY
- The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- BLB
- the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
- ÅB
- Rakels sønner var: Josef og Benjamin.
- OTB
- Rakel hadde to sønner: Josef og Benjamin.
- B1930
- Rakels sønner var: Josef og Benjamin.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 30:22–24
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Read in contextGenesis 46:19–22
The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Read in contextGenesis 35:16–18
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
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