Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 46:19
19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 46:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.
Context of Genesis 46:19
17Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel. 18These were the sons of Zilpah — whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah — that she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons. The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 20Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On. 21Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
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בְּנֵ֤י רָחֵל֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב יוֹסֵ֖ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 46:19
- Genesis 29:18Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
- Genesis 30:24She named him Joseph and said, “May the Lord add another son to me.”
- Genesis 35:16They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- Genesis 44:27Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
- Exodus 1:3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
- 1 Chronicles 2:2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- Genesis 37:1Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 39:1Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
- Genesis 40:1After this, the king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
- Genesis 47:1So Joseph went and informed Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the land of Goshen.”
- Genesis 49:22Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.
- Genesis 50:1Then Joseph, leaning over his father’s face, wept and kissed him.
- Numbers 1:36The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 26:38Benjamin’s descendants by their clans: the Belaite clan from Bela; the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel; the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram;
- Deuteronomy 33:12He said about Benjamin: The Lord’s beloved rests securely on him. He shields him all day long, and he rests on his shoulders.
Commentaries on Genesis 46:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-34Verses 1-34 - Jacob Goes Down to Egypt 9. פלוּא pallû' Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן chetsrôn Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי karmı̂y Karmi, “vine-dresser.” 10. ימוּאל yemû'êl Jemuel, “day of El.” ימין yâmı̂yn Jamin, “right hand.” אהד 'ôhad Ohad, “joining together.” יכין yâkı̂yn Jakin, “he shall establish.” צחר tsôchar Tsochar, “whiteness.” 11. גרשׁון gêreshôn Gereshon, “expelling.” קהת qehâth Qehath, “assembly.” מררי merârı̂y…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-27Verses 5-27 We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a great nation, ch. 12:2; yet that branch of his seed, to which the promise was made sure, had only increased to seventy, of whom this particular account is kept, to show the power of God in making these seventy become a vast multitude.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-27This family history of Jacob's sons shows that all the tribes of Israel went to Egypt together. They would also leave together (see the book of Exodus).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-278-27. all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten--Strictly speaking, there were only sixty-six went to Egypt; but to these add Joseph and his two sons, and Jacob the head of the clan, and the whole number amounts to seventy. In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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