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Genesis 35:24 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. "

Genesis 35:24

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22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.

26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

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Joseph, son of Jacob

  • Jacob Jacob is the father of Joseph.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:24
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Rachel Rachel is the mother of Joseph.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Asenath Joseph is the husband of Asenath.
    Source: Genesis 41:45
    Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
    Read Genesis 41:45
  • Manasseh, son of Joseph Joseph is the father of Manasseh.
    Source: Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:51
    To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
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    Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
    Read Genesis 41:51
  • Ephraim, son of Joseph Joseph is the father of Ephraim.
    Source: Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:52
    To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
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    The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
    Read Genesis 41:52

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Benjamin

  • Jacob Jacob is the father of Benjamin.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:24
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Rachel Rachel is the mother of Benjamin.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24

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