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Exodus 1:1

These are the names of the Israelites who went to Egypt with Jacob, each bringing his family members: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. Seventy persons in all generated by Jacob's seed. Joseph was already in Egypt.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jacob;   Simeon;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Redemption;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Vashti;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Genealogies;   History;   Moses;   Pentateuch;   Pharaoh;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Plagues of egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ex'odus;   Medicine;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Encampment at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the;   Exodus, the Book of;   Genesis;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - China;   Levi;   Numbers and Numerals;   Sarah (Sarai);   Sidra;   Taḳḳanah;   Triennial Cycle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Now these are the names of the sons of Yisra'el, who came into Mitzrayim (every man and his household came with Ya`akov):
King James Version
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Lexham English Bible
And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, they each came with his family:
New Century Version
When Jacob went to Egypt, he took his sons, and each son took his own family with him. These are the names of the sons of Israel:
New English Translation
These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt—each man with his household entered with Jacob:
Amplified Bible
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household:
New American Standard Bible
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came, each one with his household:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt (euery man and his housholde came thither with Iaakob)
Legacy Standard Bible
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:
Contemporary English Version
When Jacob went to Egypt, his son Joseph was already there. So Jacob took his eleven other sons and their families. They were: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Altogether, Jacob had seventy children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who went with him.
Complete Jewish Bible
These are the names of the sons of Isra'el who came into Egypt with Ya‘akov; each man came with his household:
Darby Translation
And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:
Easy-to-Read Version
When Jacob (Israel) went to Egypt, his sons and their families went with him. Here are the names of those sons:
English Standard Version
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
George Lamsa Translation
THESE are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob:
Good News Translation
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him, each with his family, were
Christian Standard Bible®
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:
Literal Translation
And these were the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt with Jacob; they each one came in with his house:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are ye names of the childre of Israel, that came with Iacob into Egipte: euery one came in wt his house,
American Standard Version
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
Bible in Basic English
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are the names of the children of Israel, whiche came into Egypt with Iacob, euery ma came with his housholde:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household:
King James Version (1611)
Nowe these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, euery man & his household, came with Iacob.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the names of the sons of Israel that came into Egypt together with Jacob their father; they came in each with their whole family.
English Revised Version
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Berean Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These ben the names of the sones of Israel, that entriden into Egipt with Jacob; alle entriden with her housis;
Young's Literal Translation
And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come;
Update Bible Version
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
Webster's Bible Translation
Now these [are] the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
World English Bible
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
New King James Version
Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob:
New Living Translation
These are the names of the sons of Israel (that is, Jacob) who moved to Egypt with their father, each with his family:
New Life Bible
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob. Each one came with those of his house:
New Revised Standard
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, these, are the names of the Sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, with Jacob, did each man and his household come in: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
These are the names of the children of Israel, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they went in every man with his household:
Revised Standard Version
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:

Contextual Overview

1These are the names of the Israelites who went to Egypt with Jacob, each bringing his family members: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. Seventy persons in all generated by Jacob's seed. Joseph was already in Egypt. 6Then Joseph died, and all his brothers—that whole generation. But the children of Israel kept on reproducing. They were very prolific—a population explosion in their own right—and the land was filled with them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 6:14-16, Genesis 29:31-35, Genesis 30:1-21, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 35:23-26, Genesis 46:8-26, Genesis 49:3-27, 1 Chronicles 2:1, 1 Chronicles 2:2, 1 Chronicles 12:23-40, 1 Chronicles 27:16-22, Revelation 7:4-8

Nehemiah, Nehemiah 10:1, in the month, Ezra 10:9, Zechariah 7:1, in the twentieth, Ezra 7:7, Shushan, Shushan, or Susa, was the capital of Susiana, a province of Persia, and the winter residence of the Persian monarchs; situated about 252 miles east of Babylon, and the same distance south-south-east of Ecbatana, in lat. 32 degrees, long. 49 degrees. The circumference of its walls was about 120 stadia. Shouster is supposed to occupy its site. Esther 1:2, Esther 3:15, Daniel 8:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:13 - thy Genesis 35:22 - Now the sons Exodus 28:10 - according to their birth Numbers 1:2 - the children Ezekiel 48:1 - the names Acts 7:8 - and Jacob Revelation 4:1 - a door

Cross-References

Genesis 1:11
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
Genesis 1:16
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.
Genesis 1:20
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
Exodus 31:18
When he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses two tablets of Testimony, slabs of stone, written with the finger of God.
Nehemiah 9:6
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
Psalms 8:3
I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?
Psalms 33:6
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
Psalms 104:24
What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.
Psalms 124:8
God 's strong name is our help, the same God who made heaven and earth.
Proverbs 3:19
With Lady Wisdom, God formed Earth; with Madame Insight, he raised Heaven. They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface, and dew to descend from the night skies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now these are the names of the children of Israel which came down into Egypt,.... Of the twelve patriarchs, the sons of Jacob, who were heads of the twelve tribes, whose names are here given; since the historian is about to give an account of their coming out of Egypt, and that it might be observed how greatly they increased in it, and how exactly the promise to Abraham, of the multiplication of his seed, was fulfilled: or, "and these are the names" b, c. this book being connected with the former by the copulative "and" and when this was wrote, it is highly probable there was no division of the books made, but the history proceeded in one continued account:

every man and his household came with Jacob; into Egypt, all excepting Joseph, and along with them their families, wives, children, and servants; though wives and servants are not reckoned into the number of the seventy, only such as came out of Jacob's loins: the Targum of Jonathan is,

"a man with the men of his house,''

as if only male children were meant, the sons of Jacob and his grandsons; and Aben Ezra observes, that women were never reckoned in Scripture as of the household or family; but certainly Dinah, and Serah, as they came into Egypt with Jacob, are reckoned among the seventy that came with him thither, Genesis 46:15.

b ואלה "et haec", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now - Literally, “And,” indicating a close connection with the preceding narrative. In fact this chapter contains a fulfillment of the predictions recorded in Genesis 46:3 and in Genesis 15:13.

Every man and his household - It may be inferred from various notices that the total number of dependents was considerable, a point of importance in its bearings upon the history of the Exodus (compare Genesis 13:6; Genesis 14:14).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED EXODUS

-Year before the common Year of Christ, 1706.

-Julian Period, 3008.

-Cycle of the Sun, 7.

-Dominical Letter, F.

-Cycle of the Moon, 2.

-Indiction, 15.

-Creation from Tisri or September, 2298.

CHAPTER I

The names and number of the children of Israel that went down

into Egypt, 1-5.

Joseph and all his brethren of that generation die, 6.

The great increase of their posterity, 7.

The cruel policy of the king of Egypt to destroy them, 8-11.

They increase greatly, notwithstanding their affliction, 12.

Account of their hard bondage, 13, 14.

Pharaoh's command to the Hebrew midwives to kill all the male

children, 15,16.

The midwives disobey the king's command, and, on being questioned,

vindicate themselves, 17-19.

God is pleased with their conduct, blesses them, and increases

the people, 20, 21.

Pharaoh gives a general command to the Egyptians to drown all the

male children of the Hebrews, 22.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse Exodus 1:1. These are the names — Though this book is a continuation or the book of Genesis, with which probably it was in former times conjoined, Moses thought it necessary to introduce it with an account of the names and number of the family of Jacob when they came to Egypt, to show that though they were then very few, yet in a short time, under the especial blessing of God, they had multiplied exceedingly; and thus the promise to Abraham had been literally fulfilled. See the notes on Genesis 46:0.


 
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