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Genesis 46 Young's Literal Translation

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1 And Israel journeyeth, and all that he hath, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, and sacrificeth sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
2 and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, 'Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, 'Here [am] I.'
2 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
3 And He saith, 'I [am] God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there;
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 I — I go down with thee to Egypt, and I — I also certainly bring thee up, and Joseph doth put his hand on thine eyes.'
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 And Jacob riseth from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel bear away Jacob their father, And their infants, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh hath sent to bear him,
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 and they take their cattle, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into Egypt — Jacob, and all his seed with him,
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 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, yea, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.
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 And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob's first-born, Reuben.
8 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 And sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess.
10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul.
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 And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These [are] sons of Leah whom she bare to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters [are] thirty and three.
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 And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob — sixteen persons.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 Sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him) [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.
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 And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 These [are] sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons [are] fourteen.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 And sons of Dan: Hushim.
23 The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These [are] sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she beareth these to Jacob — all the persons [are] seven.
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 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 and six.
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 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 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 And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
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 and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;
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 and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Let me die this time, after my seeing thy face, for thou [art] yet alive.'
30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, 'I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who [are] in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;
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 and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'
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 'And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What [are] your works?
33 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 that ye have said, Thy servants have been men of cattle from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, — in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is every one feeding a flock.'
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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  • 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)

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  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)