KJV King James Version
These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven.
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Genesis 46:25
These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
WEB World English Bible
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
ASV American Standard Version
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
These are sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she beareth these to Jacob—all the persons are seven.
Surrounding context — Genesis 46
22 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven.
26 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;
27 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.
28 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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אֵ֚לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childבִלְהָ֔הH1090 · bil.hahBilhahאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנָתַ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָבָ֖ןH3837 · la.vanLabanלְרָחֵ֣לH7354 · ra.chelRachelבִּתּ֑וֹH1323 · batdaughterוַתֵּ֧לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֵ֛לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseלְיַעֲקֹ֖בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobכָּל־H3605 · kolallנֶ֥פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulשִׁבְעָֽה׃H7651 · she.vaseven
Cross-references
Genesis 29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Genesis 30:3-8And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.Genesis 35:25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:Genesis 35:22And 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:
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