Genesis 35:24
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-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.
Compare
- 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
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Read in contextGenesis 46:19–22
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
Read in contextGenesis 35:16–18
And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
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