Genesis 46:25
23 The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
26 All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
27 And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
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
- These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
- KJV
- These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- WEB
- These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- ASV
- These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- DARBY
- These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- BLB
- These [are] the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob—seven souls in all.
- ÅB
- dette var sønnene til Bilha, som Laban gav sin datter Rakel; hun fødte Jakob disse barn, i alt syv sjeler.
- OTB
- Dette var sønnene som ble født til Jakob av Bilha, som Laban hadde gitt til sin datter Rakel—syv i alt.
- B1930
- dette var sønnene til Bilha, som Laban gav sin datter Rakel; hun fødte Jakob disse barn, i alt syv sjeler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 29:29
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
Read in contextGenesis 35:22
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:
Read in contextExodus 1:2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Read in contextGenesis 35:25
The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Read in contextGenesis 30:3–8
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
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