The Meaning of Genesis 46:24 Explained

Genesis 46:24

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

YLT: And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

Darby: And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, And Guni, And Jezer, And Shillem.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 46:24 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 46:24 mean?

And the sons of Naphtali Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem
וּבְנֵ֖י : נַפְתָּלִ֑י יַחְצְאֵ֥ל וְגוּנִ֖י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשִׁלֵּֽם

וּבְנֵ֖י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
: נַפְתָּלִ֑י  of  Naphtali 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַפְתָּלִי  
Sense: the 5th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel.
יַחְצְאֵ֥ל  Jahzeel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַחְצְאֵל  
Sense: the st of the 4 sons of Naphtali and founder of the family of Jahzeelites.
וְגוּנִ֖י  and  Guni 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גּוּנִי  
Sense: a son of Naphtali and founder of the family of Gunites.
וְיֵ֥צֶר  and  Jezer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֵצֶר  
Sense: the 3rd son of Naphtali and the founder of the family of Jezerites.
וְשִׁלֵּֽם  and  Shillem 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁלֵּם  
Sense: son of Naphtali.