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Genesis 35:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: "
Genesis 35:24
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22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
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Rachel
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Joseph, son of Jacob Rachel is the mother of Joseph, son of Jacob.
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Benjamin Rachel is the mother of Benjamin.
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Jacob Jacob is the husband of Rachel.
Source: Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
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Leah Leah is the sister of Rachel.
Source: Genesis 29:16
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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Joseph, son of Jacob
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Jacob Jacob is the father of Joseph, son of Jacob.
Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:24
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Read Genesis 35:22The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
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Rachel Rachel is the mother of Joseph, son of Jacob.
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Benjamin
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Jacob Jacob is the father of Benjamin.
Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:24
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Read Genesis 35:22The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
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Rachel Rachel is the mother of Benjamin.
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Genesis 35:1
"And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother."
Genesis 35:2
"Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:"
Genesis 35:3
"And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."
Genesis 35:4
"And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem."
Genesis 35:5
"And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob."
Genesis 35:6
"So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him."
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