Genesis 46:24
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
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- BSB
- The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- KJV
- And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- WEB
- The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- ASV
- And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- DARBY
- And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- BLB
- And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- ÅB
- og Naftalis sønner: Jahse'el og Guni og Jeser og Sillem;
- OTB
- Naftalis sønner het Jahseel, Guni, Jeser og Sjillem.
- B1930
- og Naftalis sønner: Jahse'el og Guni og Jeser og Sillem;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 7:13
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
Read in context2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
Read in contextNumbers 1:15
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:34
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
Read in contextNumbers 26:48–50
Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
Read in contextGenesis 30:7–8
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
Read in contextGenesis 49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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