The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Genesis 46, Post #2

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Genesis 46:6-15

^{from "Joseph" the movie.}

Today's passages starts out saying that Jacob (Israel) came to Mitsraim (Egypt) with all his livestock, possessions, wives, and their sons and daughters and to Mitsraim. Then the texts starts to name the sons of Jacob starting with the first born, Reuben, and listing his children by name.

The sons are listed with details, including that one had died in the land of Canaan, and by which woman (if there were more than one wife of each) the kids had been born. Then at the end it says that the sons and daughters were thirty three in total. One could figure out how many women were in the group if that were desired. The only female of the children to be named is Dinah. You may recall that she was raped and it caused a war in Shechem.

In Hebrew culture of the time, a son would be called a son by his father, grand father or great grandfather. Many times, the offspring of a man was called his line or tribe. Other times it is called his seed.

Today's reading

English

They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.

8acob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty three.

Hebrew

The story continues next week with more if his line...

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