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Theseאֵלֶּהare the sonsבְּנֵיof Zilpah,זִלְפָּהwhomאֲשֶׁרLabanלָבָןgaveנָתַןto Leahלְלֵאָהhis daughter;בִתּוֹand she boreוַתֵּלֶדtheseאֶת אֵלֶּהto Jacob,לְיַעֲקֹבsixteenשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהpersons.נָפֶשׁ
Genesis 46:18
Study it in the app“These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob, sixteen persons.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:18, word by word
- are the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Zilpahזִלְפָּהzilpa
Zilpah
Zilpah, Leah's slave, given to Jacob; mother of Gad and Asher.
Where else “zilpa” appears- Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- to Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- his daughterבִתּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears- and she boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
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” appears- sixteenשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- sixteenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- personsנָפֶשׁnafesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafesh” appears
The context
17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 · This verse (above)
19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
To study Genesis 46 in a group
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?