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Theseאֵלֶּהare the sonsבְּנֵיof Rachelרָחֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרwere bornיֻלַּדto Jacob;לְיַעֲקֹבallכָּלthe personsנֶפֶשׁwere fourteen.אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר
Genesis 46:22
Study it in the app“These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob; all the persons were fourteen.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:22, 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 Rachelרָחֵלrachel
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appears- were bornיֻלַּדyulad
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yulad” 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- the personsנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- were fourteenאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- were fourteenעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears
The context
21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 · This verse (above)
23The sons of Dan: Hushim.
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?