These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
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Gill's Exposition
These are the sons of Israel,.... Or Jacob, the other son of Isaac, who had the name of Israel given him, because of his power with God, Gen 32:28, whose twelve sons are here mentioned by name; the…
Barnes' Notes
The sons of Israel - The order of the names here approximates to an order determined by legitimacy of birth. A single change - the removal of Dan to the place after Benjamin - would give the following…
Adam Clarke
These are the sons of Israel - For this genealogy see the parallel places at Gen 29:32; Gen 30:5; Gen 35:18, Gen 35:22; Gen 46:8, etc.
Here is, I. The family of Jacob. His twelve sons are here named, that illustrious number so often celebrated almost throughout the whole Bible, from the first to the last book of it. At every turn we…
1Ch 2:1-2. The Sons of Israel (Cp. Gen 35:22; b; 26).
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