Genesis 46:16
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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Compare
- BSB
- The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
- KJV
- And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
- WEB
- The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
- ASV
- And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
- DARBY
- And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
- BLB
- And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
- ÅB
- Og Gads sønner: Sifion og Haggi, Suni og Esbon, Eri og Arodi og Areli,
- OTB
- Dette var Gads sønner: Sifjon, Haggi, Sjuni, Esbon, Eri, Arodi og Areli.
- B1930
- Og Gads sønner: Sifion og Haggi, Suni og Esbon, Eri og Arodi og Areli,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 26:15–17
The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
Read in contextGenesis 30:11
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Read in context1 Chronicles 5:11–16
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
Read in contextNumbers 1:24–25
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Read in contextGenesis 49:19
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Read in contextNumbers 1:11
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:20–21
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Read in contextGenesis 35:26
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.
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