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Theseאֵלֶּהare the sonsבְּנֵיof Bilhah,בִלְהָהwhomאֲשֶׁרLabanלָבָןgaveנָתַןto Rachelלְרָחֵלhis daughter;בִּתּוֹand she boreוַתֵּלֶדtheseאֶת אֵלֶּהto Jacob;לְיַעֲקֹבallכָּלthe personsנֶפֶשׁwere seven.שִׁבְעָה
Genesis 46:25
Study it in the app“These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob; all the persons were seven.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:25, 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 Bilhahבִלְהָהvilha
Bilhah
Bilhah, Rachel's slave, given to Jacob; mother of Dan and Naphtali. Also a place.
Where else “vilha” 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 Rachelרָחֵלrachel
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appears- his daughterבִּתּbit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bit” 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- the personsנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- were sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears
The context
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 · This verse (above)
26All the persons who came with Jacob to Egypt, who came out of his thigh, not counting the wives of Jacob’s sons, all the persons were sixty-six.
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?