Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 46:18
These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls.
These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter,…. To be her maid, when she was married to Jacob, by whom he had Gad and Asher:
and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls; not that Zilpah bare sixteen children to Jacob, for she bore but two; but the children and grandchildren of these two with them made sixteen.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(18) Sixteen souls.That is, Gad and his seven sons, Asher and his four sons, the two grandsons and Serach.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Zilpah: Gen 29:24, Gen 30:9-13, Gen 35:26, Exo 1:4
Reciprocal: Gen 46:27 – threescore and ten