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Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Exodus 1:4 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
  • KJV Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  • BSB Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
  • NKJV Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  • NLT Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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Quick answer

The roster concludes with Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher, the sons born to Jacob's handmaids. It completes the count of the tribal founders present in Egypt.

Overview

These four sons came through Bilhah and Zilpah, yet they are fully counted among Israel. Together with the previously named brothers they form the seed from which the nation grew. The inclusion of all the sons shows that God's covenant embraces the whole family without distinction of mother.

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Christ at the center

The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.

How Exodus 1:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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