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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 Serah their sister. Beriah’s sons: Heber and Malchiel. 18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob: 16 people. The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 20Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt—Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore them to him. 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 was in love with Rachel, so he said, “Let me serve you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”
- Genesis 30:24She named him Joseph saying, “May Adonai add another son for me.”
- Genesis 35:16Then they traveled from Beth-El, and while they were still a distance from entering Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, but her labor was difficult.
- Genesis 44:27“Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You yourselves 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 37:1Now Jacob dwelled in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 39:1Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, commander of the bodyguards, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.
- Genesis 40:1Now it was after these things that the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.
- Genesis 47:1Then Joseph came and informed Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their cattle and everything that belongs to them have come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
- Genesis 49:22A fruitful son is Joseph, a fruitful son beside a spring— daughters walk along a wall.
- Genesis 50:1Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him and kissed him.
- Numbers 1:36From the sons of Benjamin (their generations by their families, their ancestral households, by number of the names of every one 20 years old and upward going out with the army),
- Numbers 26:38The sons of Benjamin by their families were: by Bela the Belaite family, by Ashbel the Ashbelite family, by Ahiram the Ahiramite family,
- Deuteronomy 33:12For Benjamin he said, ‘The beloved of Adonai rests securely beside Him. He shields him all day long. Between His shoulders he rests.’
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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