Exodus 1 · Verse 6

Exodus 1:6

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Exodus 1:6, King James Version

Exodus 1:6 in other translations

BSBNow Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
WEBJoseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
ASVAnd Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
YLTAnd Joseph dieth, and all his brethren, and all that generation;
DARBYAnd Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
BBEThen Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
WebsterAnd Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

What does Exodus 1:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Joseph died, and all his brethren - That is, Joseph had now been some time dead, as also all his brethren, and all the Egyptians who had known Jacob and his twelve sons; and this is a sort of reason why the important services performed by Joseph were forgotten.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 1:1-7

The men-children destroyed. (15-22) Verses 1-7 During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of years, though under cruel bondage, they became a large nation. This wonderful increase was according to the promise long before made unto the fathers. Though the performance of…

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Exodus 1:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֤מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
יוֹסֵף֙yo.SefJosephH3130
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אֶחָ֔יו'e.Chavbrothers hisH251
וְכֹ֖לve.Kholand allH3605
הַדּ֥וֹרha.Dorthe generationH1755
הַהֽוּא\׃ha.Hu'<the> thatH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 1:6

  • Genesis 50:26

    So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

  • Acts 7:14-16

    Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

  • Genesis 50:24

    And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2369. B.C. 1635.
Ge 50:24,26; Ac 7:14-16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 1:5

    And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

  • Exodus 1:6

    And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

  • Exodus 1:7

    And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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Exodus 1:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y murió José, y todos sus hermanos, y toda aquella generación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Joseph mourut, et tous ses frères, et toute cette génération-là.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joseph starb und alle seine Brüder und dasselbige ganze Geschlecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quo mortuo, et universis fratribus ejus, omnique cognatione illa,