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Genesis 46 Literal Standard Version

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1 And Israel journeys, and all that he has, and comes to Beer-Sheba, and sacrifices sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
1 Y PARTIÓSE Israel con todo lo que tenía, y vino á Beer-seba, y ofreció sacrificios al Dios de su padre Isaac.
2 and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, “Jacob, Jacob”; and he says, “Here I [am].”
2 Y habló Dios á Israel en visiones de noche, y dijo: Jacob, Jacob. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
3 And He says, “I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;
3 Y dijo: Yo soy Dios, el Dios de tu padre; no temas de descender á Egipto, porque yo te pondré allí en gran gente.
4 I go down with you to Egypt, and I also certainly bring you up, and Joseph puts his hand on your eyes.”
4 Yo descenderé contigo á Egipto, y yo también te haré volver: y José pondrá su mano sobre tus ojos.
5 And Jacob rises from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel carry away their father Jacob, and their infants, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh has sent to carry him,
5 Y levantóse Jacob de Beer-seba; y tomaron los hijos de Israel á su padre Jacob, y á sus niños, y á sus mujeres, en los carros que Faraón había enviado para llevarlo.
6 and they take their livestock, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into Egypt—Jacob, and all his seed with him,
6 Y tomaron sus ganados, y su hacienda que había adquirido en la tierra de Canaán, y viniéronse á Egipto, Jacob, y toda su simiente consigo;
7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, indeed, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.
7 Sus hijos, y los hijos de sus hijos consigo; sus hijas, y las hijas de sus hijos, y á toda su simiente trajo consigo á Egipto.
8 And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben.
8 Y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Israel, que entraron en Egipto, Jacob y sus hijos: Rubén, el primogénito de Jacob.
9 And sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
9 Y los hijos de Rubén: Hanoch, y Phallu, y Hezrón, y Carmi.
10 And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanite.
10 Y los hijos de Simeón: Jemuel, y Jamín, y Ohad, y Jachîn, y Zohar, y Saúl, hijo de la Cananea.
11 And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
11 Y los hijos de Leví: Gersón, y Coath, y Merari.
12 And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan). And sons of Perez are Hezron and Hamul.
12 Y los hijos de Judá: Er, y Onán, y Sela, y Phares, y Zara: mas Er y Onán, murieron en la tierra de Canaán. Y los hijos de Phares fueron Hezrón y Hamul.
13 And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
13 Y los hijos de Issachâr: Thola, y Phua, y Job, y Simrón.
14 And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
14 Y los hijos de Zabulón: Sered, y Elón, y Jahleel.
15 These [are] sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and his daughter Dinah; all the persons of his sons and his daughters [are] thirty-three.
15 Estos fueron los hijos de Lea, los que parió á Jacob en Padan-aram, y además su hija Dina: treinta y tres las almas todas de sus hijos é hijas.
16 And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
16 Y los hijos de Gad: Ziphión, y Aggi, y Ezbón, y Suni, y Heri, y Arodi, y Areli.
17 And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
17 Y los hijos de Aser: Jimna, é Ishua, é Isui, y Beria, y Sera, hermana de ellos. Los hijos de Beria: Heber, y Malchîel.
18 These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she bears these to Jacob—sixteen persons.
18 Estos fueron los hijos de Zilpa, la que Labán dió á su hija Lea, y parió estos á Jacob; todas diez y seis almas.
19 Sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
19 Y los hijos de Rachêl, mujer de Jacob: José y Benjamín.
20 And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, has borne to him) [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.
20 Y nacieron á José en la tierra de Egipto Manasés y Ephraim, los que le parió Asenath, hija de Potipherah, sacerdote de On.
21 And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
21 Y los hijos de Benjamín fueron Bela, y Bechêr y Asbel, y Gera, y Naamán, y Ehi, y Ros y Muppim, y Huppim, y Ard.
22 These [are] sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons [are] fourteen.
22 Estos fueron los hijos de Rachêl, que nacieron á Jacob: [en] todas, catorce almas.
23 And sons of Dan: Hushim.
23 Y los hijos de Dan: Husim.
24 And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
24 Y los hijos de Nephtalí: Jahzeel, y Guni, y Jezer, y Shillem.
25 These [are] sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; and she bears these to Jacob—all the persons [are] seven.
25 Estos fueron los hijos de Bilha, la que dió Labán á Rachêl su hija, y parió estos á Jacob; todas siete almas.
26 All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob’s sons, all the persons [are] sixty-six.
26 Todas las personas que vinieron con Jacob á Egipto, procedentes de sus lomos, sin las mujeres de los hijos de Jacob, todas las personas fueron sesenta y seis.
27 And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt [are] two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt [are] seventy.
27 Y los hijos de José, que le nacieron en Egipto, dos personas. Todas las almas de la casa de Jacob, que entraron en Egipto, fueron setenta.
28 And Judah he has sent before him to Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
28 Y envió á Judá delante de sí á José, para que le viniese á ver á Gosén; y llegaron á la tierra de Gosén.
29 and Joseph harnesses his chariot, and goes up to meet his father Israel, to Goshen, and appears to him, and falls on his neck, and weeps on his neck again;
29 Y José unció su carro y vino á recibir á Israel su padre á Gosén; y se manifestó á él, y echóse sobre su cuello, y lloró sobre su cuello bastante.
30 and Israel says to Joseph, “Let me die this time, after my seeing your face, for you [are] yet alive.”
30 Entonces Israel dijo á José: Muera yo ahora, ya que he visto tu rostro, pues aun vives.
31 And Joseph says to his brothers, and to the house of his father, “I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers, and the house of my father who [are] in the land of Canaan have come to me;
31 Y José dijo á sus hermanos, y á la casa de su padre: Subiré y haré saber á Faraón, y diréle: Mis hermanos y la casa de mi padre, que estaban en la tierra de Canaán, han venido á mí;
32 and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of livestock; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.
32 Y los hombres son pastores de ovejas, porque son hombres ganaderos: y han traído sus ovejas y sus vacas, y todo lo que tenían.
33 And it has come to pass, when Pharaoh calls for you and has said, What [are] your works?
33 Y cuando Faraón os llamare y dijere: ¿cuál es vuestro oficio?
34 That you have said, Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is everyone feeding a flock.”
34 Entonces diréis: Hombres de ganadería han sido tus siervos desde nuestra mocedad hasta ahora, nosotros y nuestros padres; á fin que moréis en la tierra de Gosén, porque los Egipcios abominan todo pastor de ovejas.

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  • Ard

    Son of Bela

    Listed among Benjamin's sons in Genesis 46, he is named a son of Bela in Numbers 26:40 and founded the Ardite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:40

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  • Areli

    Son of Gad

    Gad's seventh-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Arelite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:17

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  • Arodi

    Son of Gad

    Gad's sixth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; Numbers 26:17 gives the name Arod and calls his clan the Arodites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:17

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  • Asenath

    Wife of Joseph

    The Egyptian wife given to Joseph, mother of Ephraim and Manasseh.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 41:45-52; Genesis 46:20

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  • Ashbel

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Ashbelite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; 1 Chronicles 8:1

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  • Becher

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; 1 Chronicles 7:6

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  • Beriah

    Son of Asher

    Asher's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household, founded the Beriite clan, and was the father of Heber and Malchiel.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44–45; 1 Chronicles 7:30

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  • Carmi

    Son of Reuben

    Reuben's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Carmite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6

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  • Ehi

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's sixth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; the clan list of Numbers 26:38 gives the name Ahiram in the same place and calls his clan the Ahiramites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38

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  • Elon

    Son of Zebulun

    Zebulun's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Elonite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26

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  • Eri

    Son of Gad

    Gad's fifth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Erite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:16

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  • Ezbon

    Son of Gad

    Gad's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; Numbers 26:16 gives the name Ozni in the same place and calls his clan the Oznites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:16

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  • Gera

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's fourth-listed son in Genesis 46, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21

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  • Gershon

    Levite clan head

    A son of Levi whose clan was charged with carrying the tabernacle's curtains and coverings.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:11; Numbers 3:25-26

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  • Guni

    Son of Naphtali

    Naphtali's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Gunite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:48; 1 Chronicles 7:13

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  • Haggi

    Son of Gad

    Gad's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Haggite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15

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  • Hamul

    Son of Perez

    The second-listed son of Perez, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hamulite clan of Judah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:21; 1 Chronicles 2:5

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  • Hanoch

    Son of Reuben

    Reuben's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hanochite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5

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  • Heber

    Son of Beriah

    Beriah's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Heberite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31

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  • Hezron

    Son of Perez

    A son of Perez who carried Judah's royal line down into the years of Egypt.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 46:12; Ruth 4:18; 1 Chron. 2:5, 9; Matt. 1:3

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  • Hezron

    Son of Reuben

    Reuben's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hezronite clan of Reuben.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6

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  • Huppim

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's ninth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; the clan list of Numbers 26:39 gives the name Hupham in the same place and calls his clan the Huphamites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:39

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  • Hushim

    Son of Dan

    Dan's only named son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; Numbers 26:42 gives the name Shuham in the same place and calls his clan the Shuhamites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:23; Numbers 26:42

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  • Jachin

    Son of Simeon

    Simeon's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jachinite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12

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  • Jacob

    Father of the tribes

    He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49

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  • Jahleel

    Son of Zebulun

    Zebulun's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jahleelite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26

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  • Jahzeel

    Son of Naphtali

    Naphtali's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jahzeelite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:48

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  • Jamin

    Son of Simeon

    Simeon's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jaminite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12

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  • Jemuel

    Son of Simeon

    Simeon's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; Numbers 26:12 gives the name Nemuel in the same place and calls his clan the Nemuelites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12

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  • Jezer

    Son of Naphtali

    Naphtali's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jezerite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:49; 1 Chronicles 7:13

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  • Joseph

    Ruler in Egypt

    Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50

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  • Kohath

    Son of Levi

    A son of Levi whose clan would carry the holiest things of the tabernacle.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16–18; Numbers 4:1–20

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  • Malchiel

    Son of Beriah

    Beriah's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Malchielite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31

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  • Merari

    Levite clan head

    A son of Levi whose clan carried the tabernacle's frames, bars, pillars, and bases.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:11; Numbers 3:36-37

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  • Muppim

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's eighth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; the clan list of Numbers 26:39 gives the name Shupham in the same place and calls his clan the Shuphamites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:39

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  • Naaman

    Son of Bela

    Listed among Benjamin's sons in Genesis 46, he is named a son of Bela in Numbers 26:40 and founded the Naamite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:40; 1 Chronicles 8:4

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  • Ohad

    Son of Simeon

    Simeon's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and is not named in the clan list of Numbers 26.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15

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  • Rosh

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's seventh-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21

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  • Serah

    Daughter of Asher

    Asher's daughter, the only sister named among the sons of Asher who went to Egypt with Jacob's household.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:46; 1 Chronicles 7:30

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  • Sered

    Son of Zebulun

    Zebulun's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Seredite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26

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  • Shaul

    Son of Simeon, Canaanite mother

    Simeon's son by a Canaanite woman, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shaulite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13

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  • Shillem

    Son of Naphtali

    Naphtali's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shillemite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:49

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  • Shimron

    Son of Issachar

    Issachar's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shimronite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:24; 1 Chronicles 7:1

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  • Shuni

    Son of Gad

    Gad's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shunite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15

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  • Tola

    Son of Issachar

    Issachar's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Tolaite clan.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1

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  • Ziphion

    Son of Gad

    Gad's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; Numbers 26:15 gives the name Zephon in the same place and calls his clan the Zephonites.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15

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  • Zohar

    Son of Simeon

    Simeon's fifth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; the clan list of Numbers 26:13 gives the name Zerah in the same place.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13

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Cross references (31)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Genesis 31:42; Genesis 28:10; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 26:22–25
  2. 2 Genesis 15:1; Job 33:14–15; Numbers 24:4; Acts 9:4; 1 Samuel 3:10
  3. 3 Genesis 12:2; Deuteronomy 26:5; Acts 27:24; Isaiah 43:1–2; Genesis 35:11
  4. 4 Exodus 3:8; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 48:21; Genesis 50:1; Genesis 15:14–16
  5. 5 Genesis 45:19; Genesis 45:21; Genesis 45:27; Genesis 31:17–18; Exodus 10:24
  6. 6 Acts 7:15; Isaiah 52:4; Psalm 105:23; Joshua 24:4; Deuteronomy 26:5
  7. 8 1 Chronicles 2:1–55; Exodus 1:1–5; Deuteronomy 33:6; Numbers 2:10–13; Numbers 1:5
  8. 10 Exodus 6:15; Genesis 29:33; Numbers 1:6; 1 Chronicles 2:1; Numbers 26:12–13
  9. 11 Genesis 29:34; Numbers 3:17–22; 1 Chronicles 2:1; Exodus 6:16; 1 Chronicles 6:16
  10. 12 1 Chronicles 4:21; Genesis 38:10; Genesis 29:35; Genesis 38:7; Genesis 49:8–12
  11. 13 1 Chronicles 12:32; Numbers 1:8; Genesis 35:23; Deuteronomy 33:18; 1 Chronicles 2:1
  12. 14 Genesis 49:13; Deuteronomy 33:18–19; 1 Chronicles 2:1; Numbers 1:30–31; Numbers 1:9
  13. 15 Genesis 29:32–35; Genesis 30:17–21; 1 Chronicles 2:1; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 35:23
  14. 16 Numbers 26:15–17; Genesis 30:11; 1 Chronicles 5:11–16; Numbers 1:24–25; Genesis 49:19
  15. 17 Genesis 30:13; Genesis 49:20; 1 Chronicles 2:2; Genesis 35:26; Numbers 1:40–41
  16. 18 Genesis 29:24; Genesis 30:9–13; Exodus 1:4; Genesis 35:26
  17. 19 Genesis 44:27; Exodus 1:5; Numbers 1:36–37; Genesis 39:1–40:23; Numbers 26:38–41
  18. 20 Genesis 41:50–52; Genesis 41:45; Deuteronomy 33:13–17; 1 Chronicles 7:14–29; Numbers 1:32–35
  19. 21 1 Chronicles 7:6–12; Numbers 1:11; Numbers 1:36–37; Genesis 49:27; Deuteronomy 33:12
  20. 23 Numbers 10:25; Genesis 35:25; Deuteronomy 33:22; 1 Chronicles 2:2; Genesis 30:6
  21. 24 1 Chronicles 7:13; 2 Kings 15:29; Numbers 1:15; 1 Chronicles 12:34; Numbers 26:48–50
  22. 25 Genesis 29:29; Genesis 35:22; Exodus 1:2; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 30:3–8
  23. 26 Exodus 1:5; Judges 8:30; Genesis 35:11
  24. 27 Deuteronomy 10:22; Acts 7:14; Exodus 1:5; Exodus 24:1
  25. 28 Genesis 45:10; Genesis 31:21; Genesis 44:16–34; Genesis 49:8; Genesis 46:34–47:1
  26. 29 Luke 15:20; Genesis 33:4; Genesis 45:14–15; Acts 20:37; Genesis 41:43
  27. 30 Luke 2:29–30; Genesis 45:28
  28. 31 Hebrews 2:11; Acts 18:3; Genesis 45:16–20; Genesis 47:1–3
  29. 32 Genesis 47:3; Exodus 3:1; Isaiah 40:11; Psalm 78:70–72; Genesis 4:2
  30. 33 Genesis 46:32; Jonah 1:8; Genesis 47:2–4
  31. 34 Exodus 8:26; Genesis 43:32; Genesis 46:32; Genesis 37:12; Genesis 45:10

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 46:27 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XIV, Chapter 4)

    In the same way it is nothing else than men that are meant either in the words, "By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified;" or in the words, "Seventy-five souls went down into Egypt with Jacob." In the one passage, "no flesh" signifies "no man;" and in the other, by "seventy-five souls" seventy-five men are …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 46:29 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVI)

    … that is "lovingly;" and as Jacob, when he had found Joseph, fell upon his neck; as also in the Gospels, the loving father, on seeing his son who had returned from his wandering, had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  3. Quotes verse 46:27 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book III, Chapters XVIII–XIX)

    But if the Evangelist said that the Word was made flesh, note that in the Holy Scripture sometimes a man is spoken of as a soul, as, for example, with seventy-five souls came Jacob into Egypt: and sometimes a man is spoken of as flesh, as, for example, All flesh shall see the salvation of God.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)

  4. Quotes verse 46:20 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 39–41)

    … Shuthelah, grandson of Joseph, and Shuthelah's son Ezer, grandson of Ephraim, and great-grand-son of Joseph, who could not possibly be in existence when Jacob came into Egypt, and there found his grandsons, the sons of Joseph, their grandsires, still boys under nine years of age. But doubtless, when the Scripture mentions Jacob's entrance into Egypt with seventy-five souls, it does …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 46:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 39–41)

    But those who diligently look into these things will the less easily be mistaken, because it is written, "These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered into Egypt along with Jacob their father." For this means that the seventy-five are reckoned along with him, not that they were all with him when he entered Egypt; for, as …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)