Genesis 46:25
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.”
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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שֶׁבַע
was seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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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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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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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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בִּלְהָה
Bilhah
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בִּלְהָה
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
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לָבָן
Laban
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לָבָן
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
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