English Standard Version
Genesis 46:24
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
Genesis 46:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
Context of Genesis 46:24
22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all. 23The son of Dan: Hushim. The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all. 26All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all.
Read all of Genesis 46Genesis 46:24 word by word
וּבְנֵ֖י נַפְתָּלִ֑י יַחְצְאֵ֥ל וְגוּנִ֖י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשִׁלֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 46:24
- Genesis 30:7Rachel's servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 35:25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 49:21"Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears beautiful fawns.
- Numbers 1:15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan."
- Numbers 26:48The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;
- Deuteronomy 33:23And of Naphtali he said, "O Naphtali, sated with favor, and full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the lake and the south."
- 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
- 1 Chronicles 2:2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.
Commentaries on Genesis 46:24
- 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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