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1 Israel emprendió el viaje con todas sus posesiones, y fue hasta Berseba, donde ofreció sacrificios al Dios de su padre Isaac.
1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
2 Aquella noche Dios le habló en visión: ―¡Jacob, Jacob! ―¿Qué quieres, Señor? —respondió.
2 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
3 ―Yo soy Dios —dijo la voz—, el Dios de tu padre. No tengas miedo de ir a Egipto, porque allí te haré una nación grande.
3 He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
4 Yo iré contigo a Egipto y haré que tus descendientes vuelvan de allí. Tú morirás en Egipto, y José estará a tu lado.
4 I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
5 Entonces Jacob salió de Berseba, y sus hijos lo llevaron a Egipto, juntamente con sus descendientes y sus esposas, en los carros que el faraón les había proporcionado.
5 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 También llevaron todo el ganado y todas las pertenencias que habían acumulado en la tierra de Canaán. De ese modo Jacob y sus familiares llegaron a Egipto.
6 They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,
7 Es decir que a Jacob lo acompañaron todos sus seres queridos: hijos, hijas, nietos y nietas.
7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.
8 Estos son los nombres de los hijos y nietos de Jacob que fueron con él a Egipto: Rubén, su primogénito. Los hijos de Rubén: Janoc, Falú, Jezrón y Carmí. Simeón y sus hijos: Jemuel, Jamín, Oad, Jaquín, Zojar y Saúl (cuya madre era una cananea). Leví y sus hijos: Guersón, Coat y Merari. Judá y sus hijos: Er, Onán, Selá, Fares y Zera (pero Er y Onán murieron cuando todavía estaban en Canaán, antes de que Israel fuera a Egipto). Los hijos de Fares fueron Jezrón y Jamul. Isacar y sus hijos: Tola, Fuvá, Job y Simrón. Zabulón y sus hijos: Séred, Elón y Yalel.
8 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 Not in this translation
9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Not in this translation
10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Not in this translation
11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Not in this translation
12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Not in this translation
13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 Not in this translation
14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Estos son los descendientes de Jacob y Lea, sin contar a Dina, que nacieron en Padán Aram. En total eran treinta y tres personas.
15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 También fueron con él: Gad y sus hijos: Zefón, Jaguí, Esbón, Suni, Erí, Arodí y Arelí. Aser y sus hijos: Imná, Isvá, Isví, Beriá, y Sera, hermana de ellos. Los hijos de Beriá fueron Héber y Malquiel.
16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Not in this translation
17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Estas dieciséis personas fueron los hijos de Jacob y Zilpá, la esclava que Lea recibió de su padre Labán.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 Los siguientes son los descendientes de Jacob y Raquel: José y Benjamín. Los hijos de José, que nacieron en Egipto, fueron Manasés y Efraín (la madre de ellos fue Asenat, hija de Potifera, sacerdote de Heliópolis). Los hijos de Benjamín: Bela, Béquer, Asbel, Guerá, Naamán, Ehí, Ros, Mupín, Jupín y Ard. En total, los descendientes de Jacob y Raquel fueron catorce personas.
19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Not in this translation
20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21 Not in this translation
21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 Not in this translation
22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Además, en el grupo estaban estos siete descendientes de Jacob y Bilhá, la esclava que Raquel recibió de su padre Labán: Dan y su hijo Jusín; Neftalí y sus hijos: Yazel, Guní, Jéser y Silén.
23 The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 Not in this translation
24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Not in this translation
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 De modo que el total de los que fueron a Egipto, de los descendientes directos, sin contar a las esposas de los hijos de Jacob, eran sesenta y seis.
26 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27 Considerando la familia de José con sus dos hijos, que estaban en Egipto, sumaban setenta.
27 The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
28 Jacob envió a Judá adelante para que le dijera a José que ya estaban en camino y que pronto llegarían a Gosén. Cuando llegaron a ese lugar,
28 Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 José pidió que le prepararan su carro, y fue hasta allá, para ver a su padre. Cuando se encontraron se abrazaron y lloraron largo rato.
29 Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 Entonces Israel le dijo a José: ―¡Ya me puedo morir, porque te he vuelto a ver y sé que estás vivo!
30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 José entonces le dijo a sus hermanos y a sus familias: ―Voy a decirle al faraón que ustedes están aquí, que han venido de la tierra de Canaán a quedarse conmigo.
31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 Además le diré: “Estos hombres son pastores. Trajeron consigo sus ovejas y vacas, y todo lo que tenían”.
32 These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
33 Entonces, cuando el faraón los llame y les pregunte por su ocupación,
33 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 díganle: “Hemos sido pastores de ovejas desde nuestra niñez, y nuestros padres lo han sido durante generaciones”. Cuando le digan esto, los dejará vivir en la tierra de Gosén, porque para los egipcios es cosa detestable vivir junto a pastores de ovejas.
34 that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

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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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  • Bela

    Son of Benjamin

    Benjamin's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Belaite clan; Numbers 26:40 names Ard and Naaman as his sons.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; Numbers 26:40

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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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  • Imnah

    Son of Asher

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

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

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  • Ishvah

    Son of Asher

    Asher's second-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 46:17; 1 Chronicles 7:30

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  • Ishvi

    Son of Asher

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

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

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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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  • Jashub

    Son of Issachar

    Issachar's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; he is called Job in Genesis 46:13 and Jashub in Numbers 26:24, where his clan is the Jashubites.

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

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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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  • Pallu

    Son of Reuben

    Reuben's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household, founded the Palluite clan, and was the father of Eliab.

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

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  • Potiphera

    Priest of On; Asenath's father

    Priest of On whose daughter Asenath Pharaoh gave to Joseph as his wife.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 41:45; Genesis 41:50; Genesis 46:20

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  • Puvah

    Son of Issachar

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

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

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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 (21)

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

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  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 …

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