Genesis 46:18
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 46:18 in other translations
| BSB | These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all. |
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| WEB | These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. |
| ASV | These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. |
| YLT | These are sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob--sixteen persons. |
| DARBY | — These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: sixteen souls. |
| BBE | These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her. |
| Webster | These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. |
What does Genesis 46:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 46:8-27
8-27. all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten--Strictly speaking, there were only sixty-six went to Egypt; but to these add Joseph and his two sons, and Jacob the head of the clan, and the whole number amounts to seventy. In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 46:5-27
We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a great nation, ch. 12:2; yet that branch of his seed, to which the promise was made sure, had only increased to seventy, of whom this particular account is kept, to show the power of God in making these seventy become a vast…
Genesis 46:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 46:18
- Genesis 29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 30:9-13
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. …
- Exodus 1:4
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.
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Context
- Genesis 46:17
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
- Genesis 46:18
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
- Genesis 46:19
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
Genesis 46:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estos fueron los hijos de Zilpa, la que Labán dió á su hija Lea, y parió estos á Jacob; todas diez y seis almas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – Ce sont là les fils de Zilpa, que Laban donna à Léa, sa fille; et elle enfanta ceux-là à Jacob, 16 âmes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das sind die Söhne Silpas, die Laban seiner Tochter Lea gab; und sie gebar diese dem Jakob, sechzehn Seelen. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hi filii Zelphæ, quam dedit Laban Liæ filiæ suæ: et hos genuit Jacob sedecim animas. |