The Meaning of Genesis 46:22 Explained

Genesis 46:22

KJV: These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

YLT: These are sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons are fourteen.

Darby: these are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

ASV: These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 46:22?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 46:22 mean?

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What is the context of Genesis 46:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen.

What does Genesis 46:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 46:1-27 - Jacob And His Family Go To Egypt

Evidently Joseph's invitation to his father to come to him in Egypt aroused very earnest questionings in Jacob's soul. Was it a wise step for him to take? Perhaps he remembered Genesis 15:13, and dreaded to take the risk. Under these circumstances he went to Beersheba, the well of the oath, so intimately associated with the lives of Abraham and Isaac, and from which he had gone forth on his life's pilgrimage. There he offered special sacrifices and received special directions and promises. He was not only to go down into Egypt, but to go there under the divine guidance and protection. When we visit Egypt at our own impulse we shall land ourselves, as Abraham and Isaac did, in temptation and failure; but when God bids us go, we may make the journey with absolute impunity. Though we walk through the dark valley, we need not fear, if He be with us.

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Chapter Summary: Genesis 46

¹ Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba
⁵ Thence he with his company goes into Egypt
⁸ The number of his family that went into Egypt
²⁸ Joseph meets Jacob
³¹ He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh

What do the individual words in Genesis 46:22 mean?

These the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob in all souls four [and] ten

אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י רָחֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֻלַּ֖ד לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב כָּל־ נֶ֖פֶשׁ אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָֽׂר

אֵ֚לֶּה	These
Parse: Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.
בְּנֵ֣י	the sons
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
רָחֵ֔ל	of Rachel
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: רָחֵל Sense: daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
יֻלַּ֖ד	were born
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב	to Jacob
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעֲקֹב Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.
כָּל־	in all
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
נֶ֖פֶשׁ	souls
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה	four
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: אַרְבַּע Sense: four.
עָשָֽׂר	[and] ten
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: עָשָׂר Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).

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