The Meaning of Genesis 46:27 Explained

Genesis 46:27

KJV: 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.

YLT: And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt are two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt are seventy.

Darby: And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob that came to Egypt were seventy.

ASV: and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 46:27?

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What is the context of Genesis 46:27?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Genesis 46:27 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 46:27 mean?

And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt souls [were] two All the souls of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt [were] seventy -

וּבְנֵ֥י יוֹסֵ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־ יֻלַּד־ ל֥וֹ בְמִצְרַ֖יִם נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׁנָ֑יִם כָּל־ הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ לְבֵֽית־ יַעֲקֹ֛ב הַבָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָה שִׁבְעִֽים פ

וּבְנֵ֥י	And the sons
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יוֹסֵ֛ף	of Joseph
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄוסֵף Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel.
יֻלַּד־	were born
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
ל֥וֹ	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בְמִצְרַ֖יִם	in Egypt
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ	souls [were]
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
שְׁנָ֑יִם	two
Parse: Number, md Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ	the souls
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
לְבֵֽית־	of the house
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
יַעֲקֹ֛ב	of Jacob
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעֲקֹב Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.
הַבָּ֥אָה	who went
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
מִצְרַ֖יְמָה	to Egypt [were]
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
שִׁבְעִֽים	seventy
Parse: Number, common plural Root: שִׁבְעִים Sense: seventy.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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