These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.
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- WEB These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
- KJV These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
- BSB These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
- NKJV These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three.
- NLT These were the sons of Leah and Jacob who were born in Paddan-aram, in addition to their daughter, Dinah. The number of Jacob’s descendants (male and female) through Leah was thirty-three.
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Quick answer
Leah's descendants are totaled at thirty-three, including Dinah. It summarizes one branch of Jacob's family entering Egypt.
Overview
The text gathers the offspring of Leah, Jacob's first wife, given to him in Paddan Aram, and notes his daughter Dinah. The careful counting underscores that God was preserving and multiplying the covenant family even in exile. From small beginnings, the seventy who go down to Egypt will become a great nation, fulfilling the promise to Abraham.
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- Gen 30:17–21God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
- Gen 29:32–35Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me.”
- Gen 34:1–31Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Gen 49:3–15“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
- 1 Chr 2:1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
- Num 1:1–54Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Gen 25:20Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
- Exod 1:2–3Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
- Num 26:1–65After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
- Gen 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Num 10:1–36Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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