Study it in the app“These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.”
Theseאֵלֶּהare the sonsבְּנֵיof Leah,לֵאָהwhomאֲשֶׁרshe boreיָלְדָהto Jacobלְיַעֲקֹבin Paddan-aram,בְּפַדַּן אֲרָםand Dinahוְאֵת דִּינָהhis daughter;בִתּוֹallכָּלthe personsנֶפֶשׁof his sonsבָּנָיוand his daughtersוּבְנוֹתָיוwere thirty-three.שְׁלֹשִׁים וְשָׁלֹשׁ
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsLeah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsPaddan-aram
Paddan-aram, the plain of Aram in northern Mesopotamia, where Rebekah's family lived.
Where else “fadan” appearsDinah
Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Where else “dina” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 · This verse (above)
16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
1. What it says
What did Elohim say to Israel at Beersheba, and what happened when he met Joseph (vv. 2-4, 29)?
2. What it means
Why does Elohim say to him, “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt” (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
What change that frightens you can you place in Elohim’s hands today?
