Genesis 46:7
His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Genesis 46:7 in other translations
| BSB | Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring. |
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| WEB | his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt. |
| ASV | his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. |
| YLT | his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, yea, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt. |
| DARBY | his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt. |
| BBE | His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his daughters' sons and all his family he took with him into Egypt. |
| Webster | His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. |
What does Genesis 46:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
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 46:7 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 46:6
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
- Genesis 46:7
His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
- Genesis 46:8
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
Genesis 46:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sus hijos, y los hijos de sus hijos consigo; sus hijas, y las hijas de sus hijos, y á toda su simiente trajo consigo á Egipto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il amena avec lui en Égypte ses fils et les fils de ses fils, ses filles et les filles de ses fils, et toute sa descendance. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | seine Söhne und die Söhne seiner Söhne mit ihm, seine Töchter und die Töchter seiner Söhne, und all seinen Samen brachte er mit sich nach Ägypten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | filii ejus, et nepotes, filiæ, et cuncta simul progenies. |