Genesis 46 · Verse 21

Genesis 46:21

And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Genesis 46:21, King James Version

Genesis 46:21 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
WEBThe sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
ASVAnd the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
YLTAnd sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
DARBY— And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
BBEAnd the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
WebsterAnd the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

What does Genesis 46:21 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…

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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…

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Genesis 46:21 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.

וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
בִנְיָמִ֗ןvin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
בֶּ֤לַעBe.la'BelaH1106
וָבֶ֙כֶר֙va.Ve.kherand BekerH1071
וְאַשְׁבֵּ֔לve.'ash.Beland AshbelH788
גֵּרָ֥אge.Ra'GeraH1617
וְנַעֲמָ֖ןve.na.'a.Manand NaamanH5283
אֵחִ֣י'e.ChiEhiH278
וָרֹ֑אשׁva.Roshand RoshH7220
מֻפִּ֥יםmu.PimMuppimH4649
וְחֻפִּ֖יםve.chu.Pimand HuppimH2650
וָאָֽרְדְּ\׃va.'A.redand ArdH714

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Cross references for Genesis 46:21

  • 1 Chronicles 7:6-12

    The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. …

  • Numbers 1:11

    Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  • Numbers 1:36-37

    Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

  • Genesis 49:27

    Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

  • Deuteronomy 33:12

    And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

  • Numbers 26:38-40

    The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:1-7

    Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the sons.
49:27; Nu 1:11,36,37; De 33:12; 1Ch 7:6-12; 8:1-7
Ehi.
Nu 26:38
Ahiram. Muppim.
Nu 26:39
Shupham.
1Ch 7:12
Shuppim. Huppim.
Nu 26:39
Hupham.

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Context

  • Genesis 46:20

    And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

  • Genesis 46:21

    And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

  • Genesis 46:22

    These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

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Genesis 46:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los hijos de Benjamín fueron Bela, y Bechêr y Asbel, y Gera, y Naamán, y Ehi, y Ros y Muppim, y Huppim, y Ard.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et les fils de Benjamin: Béla, et Béker, et Ashbel, Guéra, et Naaman, Ékhi, et Rosh, Muppim, et Huppim, et Ard.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Söhne Benjamins: Bela und Beker und Aschbel, Gera und Naaman, Echi und Rosch, Muppim und Huppim und Ard.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii Benjamin: Bela et Bechor et Asbel et Gera et Naaman et Echi et Ros et Mophim et Ophim et Ared.