Genesis 46:18
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
בֵּן
were the sons of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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בַּת
daughter/ his
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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נָתַן
he had given
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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שֵׁשׁ
six-
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שֵׁשׁ
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
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עָשָׂר
teen
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עָשָׂר
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
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לָבָן
Laban
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לָבָן
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
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זִלְפָּה
Zilpah
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זִלְפָּה
Zilpah, Leah's maid
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