Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 46:24 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 24. 24And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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Role in This Section
Naphtali's four sons complete the named descendants in Bilhah's branch. The verse provides genealogy, not stories, character judgments, or explanations for the names.
Read It With
- Genesis 46:8–27
Read verses 23–25. Verse 25 identifies Bilhah and totals the branch, which is the reason these four names appear at this point.
Why It Needs Context
Its contribution is structural and genealogical; an independent doctrine or application would go beyond the evidence.
Read Genesis 46:23–25 together
Why these verses belong together: Dan and Naphtali's descendants are attributed to Bilhah and totaled at seven.
Verse 23. 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
Verse 24. 24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
Verse 25. 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.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 46:8–27 — Jacob's Household Is CountedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? very strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed text, maternal family background, death notice, migration categories, settlement transition, later clan comparison, seventy tradition, and Acts seventy-five reception.
Exact location: Genesis 46:5–27 with Genesis 29:31–30:24; 35:22–26; 38:1–30; 46:28–47:12; 50:22–26; Exodus 1:1–7; Numbers 26; Deuteronomy 10:22; and Acts 7:14 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Exact Hebrew family, descent, person, exclusion, subtotal, and household language supporting the received-form categories.
Exact location: WLC Genesis 46:8–27, especially the names heading in v. 8; maternal formulas and subtotals in vv. 15, 18, 22, and 25; direct-descendant and wife-exclusion wording in v. 26; and house-of-Jacob total in v. 27
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