Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 46:15
These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bore unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters [were] thirty and three.
15. in Paddan-aram ] The statement that the foregoing were the names of those born in Paddan-aram (i.e. before Jacob’s return into Canaan) cannot be understood literally. It illustrates the artificial lines upon which the genealogies were drawn up in the P narrative.
his daughter Dinah ] The mention of Dinah is very probably due to an interpolation.
thirty and three ] The names of the male descendants in Gen 46:9-14 give a total of thirty-three, in which apparently Er and Onan were, at first, reckoned, but not Dinah. The mention of “his daughters” is therefore superfluous, and possibly a gloss. Later, however, Er and Onan were excluded, and the names of Jacob himself and Dinah added, in order to make up the figure.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram: this is true properly and immediately of the sons, who were indeed born there, but improperly and mediately of the grandchildren, which are as truly said to be born of Leah in Padan as to be born of her at all, because they were indeed born of them which were born of her, and that in Padan.
All the souls of his sons and his daughters, to wit, which came into Egypt as before; so that Er and Onan are excluded, as dying before this journey into Egypt, Gen 46:12.
Daughters is here put for daughter, as Gen 46:7, because Dinah was all the daughters which Jacob had. Heb. all the souls, sons and daughters being reckoned together with their father.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
These are the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram,…. Which must be restrained to the six sons only, who were properly Leah’s, and not to their sons’ sons, for they were not born in Padanaram, but in Canaan:
with his daughter Dinah; who also was by Leah:
all the souls of his sons and daughters [were] thirty and three; that is, together with himself, or otherwise it will be difficult to give the exact number; if all before mentioned are to be reckoned there will be thirty four, wherefore some are for excluding Dinah; but she is not only expressly mentioned, but is the only one intended by his daughters here, the plural being put for the singular; and there is as much reason for retaining her here, as Sarah the daughter of Asher hereafter: some think Er and Onan are to be excluded, as indeed they are, because they died in the land of Canaan, and then there will be but thirty two; wherefore some are for adding Jochebed the daughter of Levi, but she is neither mentioned in the genealogy, nor did she go with Jacob into Egypt, but was born in Egypt long after: it seems best therefore to take Jacob himself into the account, as several Jewish writers do w, and who is expressly named and set at the head of this account, Ge 46:8, which will make thirty three.
w Aben Ezra, Gersom, & Abarbinel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) All the souls . . . were thirty and three.That is, six sons, twenty-three grandsons, two great grandsons, Dinah, and Jacob himself. The other daughters and granddaughters are omitted.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 46:15. These be the sons of Leah, &c. That is, the sons, together with their offspring, as the context plainly shews. When it is said, all the souls were thirty-three, Jacob is plainly reckoned among the number.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
souls of his sons. Hebrew. nephesh. Souls put by Synecdoche (of the Part) for the persons (App-6). And “of” = the Genitive of Apposition: i.e. “the souls, that is to say, his sons, “&c. (App-17).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Leah: Gen 29:32-35, Gen 30:17-21, Gen 35:23, Gen 49:3-15, Exo 1:2, Exo 1:3, Num 1:1-54, Num 10:1-36, Num 26:1-65, 1Ch 2:1
Padanaram: Gen 25:20
with his: Gen 30:21, Gen 34:1-31
Reciprocal: Gen 28:2 – Padanaram Gen 29:16 – was Leah Gen 33:18 – a city of Shechem Gen 46:27 – threescore and ten 2Sa 13:20 – desolate