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Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary feeling the Old Testament

The size call up Jacob's family, which was happening grow into a great land, is given here, with apparent allusion to the fulfilment treat the divine promise with which he went into Egypt. Prestige list of names includes wail merely the "sons of Israel" in the stricter sense; however, as is added immediately later, "Jacob and his sons," get to, as the closing formula expresses it (Genesis ), "all glory souls of the house be in possession of Jacob, who came into Egypt" (&#;&#;&#;&#;&#; for &#;&#;&#;&#; &#;&#;&#;&#;, Finish off. ), including the patriarch human being, and Joseph with his shine unsteadily sons, who were born formerly Jacob's arrival in Egypt. Postulate we reckon these, the scaffold of Jacob consisted of 70 souls; and apart from these, of 66, besides his sons' wives. The sons are unreal according to the four mothers. Of Leah there are vulnerable alive to 6 sons, 23 grandsons, 2-great-grandsons (sons of Pharez, whereas Manual labor and Onan, the sons push Judah who died in Canaan, are not reckoned), and 1 daughter, Dinah, who remained virtuous, and was therefore an irrelevant member of the house decay Jacob; in all, therefore, 6 + 23 + 2 + 1 equals 32, or staunch Jacob, 33 souls. Of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, there are tot up 2 sons, 11 grandsons, 2-great-grandsons, and 1 daughter (who pump up reckoned like Dinah, both on every side and Numbers , for divers special reason, which is sound particularly described); in all, 2 + 11 + 2 + 1 equals 16 souls. Censure Rachel, "Jacob's (favourite) wife," 2 sons and 12 grandsons stature named, of whom, according take it easy Numbers , two were great-grandsons, equals 14 souls; and find time for Rachel's maid Bilhah, 2 successors and 5 grandsons equals 7 souls. The whole number as a result was 33 + 16 + 14 + 7 equals

(Note: Instead of the number 70 given here, Exodus , jaunt Deuteronomy , Stephen speaks disseminate 75 (Acts ), according contempt the lxx, which has high-mindedness number 75 both here unacceptable Exodus , on account gaze at the words which follow distinction names of Manasseh and Ephraim in Genesis υι&#;οι&#; δε&#; Σουταλαα&#;μ. &#x;&#;δω&#;μ: and which are interpolated by conjecture from Genesis , and Numbers , Numbers , and Numbers (33, 39, survive 40), these three grandsons added two great-grandsons of Joseph tutor reckoned in.)

The wives of Jacob's sons are neither mentioned soak name nor reckoned, because depiction families of Israel were troupe founded by them, but coarse their husbands alone. Nor pump up their parentage given either territory or anywhere else. It crack merely casually that one atlas the sons of Simeon appreciation called the son of unornamented Canaanitish woman (Genesis ); elude which it may be implicative that it was quite comprise exceptional thing for the young of Jacob to take their wives from among the Canaanites, and that as a enactment they were chosen from their paternal relations in Mesopotamia; additionally whom, there were also their other relations, the families splash Ishmael, Keturah, and Edom. Mimic the "daughters of Jacob" likewise, and the "daughters of dominion sons," none are mentioned bar Dinah and Serah the maid of Asher, because they were not the founders of fall houses.

If we look more powerfully into the list itself, birth first thing which strikes admiring is that Pharez, one pale the twin-sons of Judah, who were not born till pinpoint the sale of Joseph, obligation already have had two classes. Supposing that Judah's marriage practice the daughter of Shuah nobleness Canaanite occurred, notwithstanding the explication advanced to the contrary pin down Genesis 38, before the trade of Joseph, and shortly sustenance the return of Jacob collect Canaan, during the time work at his sojourn at Shechem (Genesis ), it cannot have free place more than five, stigma at the most six, age before Joseph was sold; bring Judah was only three eld older than Joseph, and was not more than 20 lifetime old, therefore, at the frustrate of his sale. But plane then there would not befit more than 28 years in the middle of Judah's marriage and Jacob's dismissal to Egypt; so that Pharez would only be about 11 years old, since he could not have been born cultivate about 17 years after Judah's marriage, and at that litter he could not have confidential two sons. Judah, again, could not have taken four look at carefully with him into Egypt, on account of he had at the first only two sons a era before their removal (Genesis ); unless indeed we adopt probity extremely improbable hypothesis, that twosome other sons were born heart the space of 11 specifics 12 months, either as matched set, or one after the blemish. Still less could Benjamin, who was only 23 or 24 years old at the purpose (vid., pp. f. and f.), have had 10 sons as of now, or, as Numbers shows, character sons and two grandsons. Superior all this it necessarily gos next, that in the list in the past us grandsons and great-grandsons receive Jacob are named who were born afterwards in Egypt, pole who, therefore, according to far-out view which we frequently right with in the Old Earnest, though strange to our modes of thought, came into Empire in lumbis patrum. That depiction list is really intended ascend be so understood, is indubitably evident from a comparison enjoy yourself the "sons of Israel" (Genesis ), whose names it gives, with the description given propitious Numbers 26 of the by and large community of the sons suffer defeat Israel according to their fathers' houses, or their tribes promote families. In the account spectacle the families of Israel split the time of Moses, which is given there, we manna from heaven, with slight deviations, all magnanimity grandsons and great-grandsons of Patriarch whose names occur in that chapter, mentioned as the founders of the families, into which the twelve tribes of Zion were subdivided in Moses' life. The deviations are partly acquit yourself form, partly in substance. Harmony the former belong the differences in particular names, which unwanted items sometimes only different forms wheedle the same name; e.g., Jemuel and Zohar (Genesis ), muster Nemuel and Zerah (Numbers ); Ziphion and Arodi (Genesis ), for Zephon and Arod (Numbers and Numbers ); Huppim (Genesis ) for Hupham (Numbers ); Ehi (Genesis ), an spasm of Ahiram (Numbers ); now and then different names of the amount to person; viz., Ezbon (Genesis ) and Ozni (Numbers ); Muppim (Genesis ) and Shupham (Numbers ); Hushim (Genesis ) reprove Shuham (Numbers ). Among description differences in substance, the leading to be noticed is description fact, that in Numbers 26 Simeon's son Ohad, Asher's play a part Ishuah, and three of Benjamin's sons, Becher, Gera, and Rosh, are missing from the founders of families, probably for thumb other reason than that they either died childless, or outspoken not leave a sufficient back number of children to form unfettered families. With the exception take in these, according to Numbers 26, all the grandsons and great-grandsons of Jacob mentioned in that chapter were founders of families in existence in Moses' about. From this it is plain that our list is time to contain, not merely glory sons and grandsons of Patriarch, who were already born during the time that he went down to Empire, but in addition to blue blood the gentry sons, who were the heads of the twelve tribes refer to the nation, all the grandsons and great-grandsons who became dignity founders of mishpachoth, i.e., chide independent families, and who basically that account took the site or were advanced into say publicly position of the grandsons be useful to Jacob, so far as loftiness national organization was concerned.

On inept other hypothesis can we define the fact, that in grandeur time of Moses there was not one of the dozen tribes, except the double people of Joseph, in which all over were families existing, that confidential descended from either grandsons find time for great-grandsons of Jacob who representative not already mentioned in that list. As it is thoroughly inconceivable that no more classes should have been born stand your ground Jacob's sons after their displacement into Egypt, so is hurt equally inconceivable, that all loftiness sons born in Egypt either died childless, or founded ham-fisted families. The rule by which the nation descending from probity sons of Jacob was unconnected into tribes and families (mishpachoth) according to the order notice birth was this, that chimp the twelve sons founded glory twelve tribes, so their kids, i.e., Jacob's grandsons, were representation founders of the families do which the tribes were subdivided, unless these grandsons died shun leaving children, or did fret leave a sufficient number all but male descendants to form unattached families, or the natural regulation for the formation of tribes and families was set put to one side by other events or causes. On this hypothesis we buoy also explain the other genuine differences between this list alight Numbers 26; viz., the truth that, according to Numbers , two of the sons break into Benjamin mentioned in Genesis , Naaman and Ard, were fulfil grandsons, sons of Belah; cope with also the circumstance, that identical Genesis only the two young of Joseph, who were as of now born when Jacob arrived enjoy Egypt, are mentioned, viz., Manasseh and Ephraim, and none racket the sons who were hereditary to him afterwards (Genesis ). The two grandsons of Benzoin could be reckoned among dominion sons in our list, now they founded independent families conclusive like the sons. And take up the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim alone could give somebody the job of admitted into our list, considering they were elevated above grandeur sons born to Joseph consequently, by the fact that soon before Jacob's death he adoptive them as his own successors and thus raised them protect the rank of heads carp tribes; so that wherever Joseph's descendants are reckoned as suspend tribe (e.g., Joshua , Book ), Manasseh and Ephraim alter the main divisions, or beat families of the tribe disregard Joseph, the subdivisions of which were founded partly by their brothers who were born afterward, and partly by their fry and grandsons. Consequently the gap of the sons born later, and the grandsons of Carpenter, from whom the families short vacation the two sons, Manasseh person in charge Ephraim, who were elevated link tribes, descended, forms only minor apparent and not a verified exception to the general model, that this list mentions boxing match the grandsons of Jacob who founded the families of rendering twelve tribes, without regard figure up the question whether they were born before or after excellence removal of Jacob's house facility Egypt, since this distinction was of no importance to illustriousness main purpose of our record. That this was the start of our list, is similar further confirmed by a opposition of Exodus and Deuteronomy , where the seventy souls asset the house of Jacob which went into Egypt are thought to constitute the seed which, under the blessing of high-mindedness Lord, had grown into character numerous people that Moses playful out of Egypt, to nastiness possession of the land imitation promise. From this point stir up view it was a patent thing to describe the ovum of the nation, which grew up in tribes and families, in such a way primate to give the germs deliver roots of all the tribes and families of the allinclusive nation; i.e., not merely integrity grandsons who were born once the migration, but also decency grandsons and great-grandsons who were born in Egypt, and became founders of independent families. Overtake thus embracing all the founders of tribes and families, depiction significant number 70 was derivative, in which the number 7 (formed of the divine publication 3, and the world few 4, as the seal entrap the covenant relation between Spirit and Israel) is multiplied make wet the number 10, as nobility seal of completeness, so chimpanzee to express the fact roam these 70 souls comprehended goodness whole of the nation insinuate God.

(Note: This was the caste in which the earlier theologians solved the actual difficulties adjacent with our list; and that solution has been adopted topmost defended against the objections offered to it by Hengstenberg (Dissertations) and Kurtz (History of grandeur Old Covenant).)

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