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Allכָּלthe personsהַנֶּפֶשׁwho cameהַבָּאָהwith Jacobלְיַעֲקֹבto Egypt,מִצְרַיְמָהwho came outיֹצְאֵיof his thigh,יְרֵכוֹnot countingמִלְּבַדthe wivesנְשֵׁיof Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבsons,בְנֵיallכָּלthe personsנֶפֶשׁwere sixty-six.שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ
Genesis 46:26
Study it in the app“All 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:26, word by word
- the personsנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- who cameבָּאָהbaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appears- with 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- to Egyptמִצְרַיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears- who came outיֹצְאֵיyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- of his thighיְרֵכyerech
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yerech” appears- not countingבַדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- the wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- were sixty-sixשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- were sixty-sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears
Translation note
“Who came out of his thigh”: his direct descendants (also Exodus 1:5).
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob; all the persons were seven.
26 · This verse (above)
27And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.
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?