Genesis 35 · Verse 23

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 35:23, King James Version

Genesis 35:23 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
WEBThe sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
ASVthe sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
YLTAnd the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
DARBYThe sons of Leah: Reuben — Jacob's firstborn — and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
BBENow Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
WebsterThe sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

What does Genesis 35:23 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 The sons of Leah - The children are arranged under their respective mothers, and not in order of their birth.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 35:21-29

What a sore affliction Reuben's sin was, is shown, "and Israel heard it." No more is said, but that is enough. Reuben thought that his father would never hear of it; but those that promise themselves secrecy in sin, are generally disappointed. The age and death of Isaac are recorded, though he died not till after Joseph was sold into Egypt. Isaac lived about forty years after he had made his will, chap. 27:2. We…

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Genesis 35:23 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.

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
לֵאָ֔הle.'AhLeahH3812
בְּכ֥וֹרbe.Khor[the] firstborn ofH1060
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
רְאוּבֵ֑ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205
וְשִׁמְעוֹן֙ve.shim.'Onand SimeonH8095
וְלֵוִ֣יve.le.Viand LeviH3878
וִֽיהוּדָ֔הvi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063
וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖רve.yi.so.sh.Kharand IssacharH3485
וּזְבוּלֻֽן\׃u.ze.vu.Lunand ZebulunH2074

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Cross references for Genesis 35:23

  • Genesis 30:18-20

    And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

  • Genesis 46:8-15

    And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. …

  • Genesis 29:32-35

    And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

  • Genesis 33:2

    And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

  • Exodus 1:2-4

    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
29:32-35; 30:18-20; 33:2; 46:8-15

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

Context

  • Genesis 35:22

    And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  • Genesis 35:23

    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  • Genesis 35:24

    The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

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Genesis 35:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hijos de Lea: Rubén el primogénito de Jacob, y Simeón, y Leví, y Judá, é Issachâr, y Zabulón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les fils de Léa: Ruben, premier-né de Jacob, et Siméon, et Lévi, et Juda, et Issacar, et Zabulon;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Söhne Leas: Ruben, der Erstgeborene Jakobs, und Simeon und Levi und Juda und Issaschar und Sebulon.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Liæ: primogenitus Ruben, et Simeon, et Levi, et Judas, et Issachar, et Zabulon.