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Genesis 35:23

Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the sons of Bilhah,.... Then Bilhah's sons, who was Rachel's handmaid, and these were two, Dan and Naphtali.

And the sons of Bilhah,.... Then Bilhah's sons, who was Rachel's handmaid, and these…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 35:1-29

- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה kı̂brâh, “length stretch.” A certain but unknown distance, a stadium or…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The sons of Leah - The children are arranged under their respective mothers, and not in order of their birth.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 35:21-29

Here is, 1. Jacob's removal, Gen 35:21. He also, as his fathers, sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, and was not long in a place. Immediately after the story of Rachel's death he…

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