Genesis 46:26 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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; {loins: Heb. thigh}”

Genesis 46:26

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And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

These {are} the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls {were} seven.

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; {loins: Heb. thigh}

And 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.

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

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Genesis 46:1

"And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac."

Genesis 46:2

"And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here {am} I."

Genesis 46:3

"And he said, I {am} God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:"

Genesis 46:4

"I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up {again}: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes."

Genesis 46:5

"And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him."

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:"

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