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Genesis 46:26 KJV
Genesis · chapter 46 · verse 26
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;Genesis 46:26 · King James Version
Genesis 46:26 in context
24And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
27And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- threescoreshishshîymsixtyH8346 →
- soulsnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- loinsyârêkthe thighH3409 →
- sons'bêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Old Jacob is here flitting. Little did he think of ever leaving Canaan; he expected, no doubt, to die in his nest, and to leave his seed in actual possession of the promised land: but Providence orders it otherwise. Note, Those that think themselves well settled may yet be unsettled in a little time.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-27