{"id":1415,"date":"2022-09-23T23:13:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-genesis-4620\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:13:11","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-genesis-4620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-genesis-4620\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 46:20"},"content":{"rendered":"

And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bore unto him. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

20<\/strong>. unto Joseph<\/em> ] Cf. Gen 41:50-52<\/span>. LXX adds to this verse “and there were born the sons of Manasseh which the concubine, the Syrian, bare unto him, Machir; and Machir begat Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim the brother of Manasseh were Soutalaam and Taam, and the sons of Soutalaam Edem.” LXX, therefore, here records five additional names.<\/p>\n

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n

Verse 20<\/span>. Unto Joseph – were born Manasseh and Ephraim<\/B><\/I>] There is a remarkable addition here in the Septuagint, which must be noticed: , , . , . , These were the sons of Manasseh whom his Syrian concubine bore<\/I> unto him: Machir; and Machir begat Galaad. The sons of Ephraim,<\/I> Manasseh’s brother, were Sutalaam and Taam; and the sons of<\/I> Sutalaam, Edem<\/I>. These add five<\/I> persons to the list, and make out the number given by Stephen<\/I>, Ac 7:14<\/span>, which it seems he had taken from the text of the Septuagint<\/I>, unless we could suppose that the text of Stephen had been altered<\/I> to make it correspond to the Septuagint, of which there is not the slightest evidence from ancient MSS. or versions. The addition in the Septuagint is not found in either the Hebrew or the Samaritan at present; and some suppose that it was taken either from Nu 26:29<\/span>, Nu 26:35<\/span>, or 1Ch 7:14-20<\/span>, but in none of these places does the addition appear as it stands<\/I> in the Septuagint, thought some of the names are found interspersed. Various means have been proposed to find the seventy<\/I> persons in the text, and to reconcile the Hebrew with the Septuagint and the New Testament.<\/P>

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A table given by Scheuchzer<\/I>, extracted from the Memoires de<\/I> Trevoux<\/I>, gives the following general view: <\/P>

<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>The <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>twelve<\/SPAN><\/B><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons of JACOB with their <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>children<\/SPAN><\/B><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>grandchildren.<\/SPAN><\/B><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Reuben<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>four<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

5<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Simeon<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>six<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

7<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Levi<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>three<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

4<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Judah<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>seven<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons and grand-sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

8<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Issachar<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>four<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

5<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Zebulun<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>three<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

4<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Total sons of JACOB and LEAH<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD>

33<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Gad<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>seven<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

8<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Asher<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>seven<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons and grand-sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

8<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Total sons of JACOB and ZILPAH<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD>

16<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Joseph<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>two<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

3<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Benjamin<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>ten<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

11<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Total sons of JACOB and RACHEL<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD>

14<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Dan<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his son . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

2<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Naphtali<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>four<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

5<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Total sons of JACOB and BILHAH<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD>

7<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>


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<\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Total sons of <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>Jacob<\/SPAN><\/B><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> and his <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>four<\/SPAN><\/B><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>wives<\/SPAN><\/B><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

70<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> <\/TABLE>


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“To harmonize this with the Septuagint<\/I> and St. Stephen<\/I>, Ac 7:14<\/span>, to the number sixty-six (all the souls that came out of Jacob’s loins, Ge 46:26<\/span>) add nine<\/I> of the patriarchs’ wives, Judah’s wife being already dead in Canaan, (Ge 38:12<\/span>), Benjamin being supposed to be as yet unmarried, and the wife of Joseph being already in Egypt, and therefore out of the case: the number will amount to seventy-five<\/I>, which is that found in the Acts.” – Universal History<\/I>.<\/P>

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Dr. Hales’ method is more simple, and I think more satisfactory: “Moses states that all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt which issued from his loins<\/I>, (except his sons wives,) were sixty-six<\/I> souls, Ge 46:26<\/span>; and this number is thus collected: – <\/P>

JACOB’S children, eleven sons and one daughter . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD>

12<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Reuben’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

4<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Simeon’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

6<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Levi’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

3<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Judah’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> three sons and two <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>grandsons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

5<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Issachar’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

4<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Zebulun’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

3<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Gad’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

7<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Asher’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> four sons, one daughter, and two grandsons<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

7<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Dan’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> son . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

1<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Naphtali’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

4<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>

Benjamin’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> sons . . .<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD>

10<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>


<\/P> <\/TD>

—-<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR>


<\/P> <\/TD>

66<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> <\/TABLE>


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“If to these sixty-six<\/I> children, and grandchildren, and great grandchildren, we add Jacob<\/I> himself, Joseph<\/I> and his two sons<\/I>, the amount is seventy<\/I>, the whole amount of Jacob’s family which settled in Egypt.<\/P>

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“In this statement the wives of Jacob’s sons, who formed part of the household, are omitted; but they amounted to nine<\/I>, for of the twelve<\/I> wives of the twelve<\/I> sons of Jacob, Judah’s wife was dead, Ge 38:12<\/span>, and Simeon’s also, as we may collect from his youngest son Shaul<\/I> by a Canannitess, Ge 46:10<\/span>, and Joseph’s wife was already in Egypt. These nine<\/I> wives, therefore, added to the sixty-six<\/I>, give seventy-five<\/I> souls the whole amount of Jacob’s household that went down with him to Egypt; critically corresponding with the statement in the New Testament, that ‘Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his kindred<\/I>, amounting to seventy-five souls<\/I>.’ The expression all his kindred<\/I>, including the wives which were Joseph’s kindred, not only by affinity<\/I>, but also by consanguinity, being probably of the families of Esau,<\/I> Ishmael<\/I>, or Keturah<\/I>. Thus does the New Testament furnish an admirable comment on the Old.” – Analysis<\/I>, vol. ii., p. 159.<\/P>

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It is necessary to observe that this statement, which appears on the whole the most consistent, supposes that Judah<\/I> was married when about fourteen<\/I> years of age, his son Er<\/I> at the same<\/I> age, Pharez<\/I> at the same, Asher<\/I> and his fourth son Beriah<\/I> under twenty, Benjamin<\/I> about fifteen<\/I>, and Joseph’s<\/I> sons and grandsons about twenty<\/I>. But this is not improbable, as the children of Israel must all have married at a very early age, to have produced in about two hundred and fifteen<\/I> years no less than six hundred<\/I> thousand<\/I> persons above twenty<\/I> years old, besides women and children.<\/P><\/p>\n

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n

And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim<\/strong>,…. And therefore not to be reckoned with those that went down with Jacob thither; for which reason the clause, “in the land of Egypt”, is inserted, see Ge 41:50<\/span>;<\/p>\n

which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bare unto him<\/strong>; here again the Targum of Jonathan makes Asenath to be the daughter of Dinah, who it says was educated in the house of Potipherah prince of Tanis; [See comments on Ge 41:50]<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n

(20) Manasseh and Ephraim.<\/strong>In these names all the documents agree.<\/p>\n

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n

Gen 46:20<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Unto Joseph in the land of AEgypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> Here the LXX adds: “Manasseh had sons, whom his concubine, a Syrian, bore: Machir. And Machir begat Gilead. The sons of Ephraim, Manasseh’s brother: Sutalaam and Taam, and the sons of Sutalaam, Edom.” <\/em>None of this is in the Hebrew <\/em>or Samaritan Pentateuch; and the putting it in here must have been an interpolation; for Moses is here reckoning up the names and the number of the persons who went down at this time to AEgypt, or were in being then in AEgypt. Now Joseph himself was then in AEgypt, and his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim; but their children, or grandchildren, here named in the LXX, could not be then born; for Joseph was at this time thirty-nine years old, as was shewn before; and it was after the age of thirty that he married. In nine years time he had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, as in the Hebrew; but no grandsons by them, much less a great-grandson, as in the LXX. Somebody, in very early times, found these grandchildren of Joseph mentioned in 1Ch 7:14-20<\/span>. (where they are mentioned as the chief of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim in their several times, but not as having been in being at the going down into AEgypt,) and inserted that mention of them in the margin of some copies of Genesis in the Septuagint, which afterwards came into the text. This insertion was either the cause or the consequence of another difference at 1Ch 7:27<\/span> of the number of the souls of Jacob’s family: either somebody, finding the number in the LXX, added these five to make up that number; or else, somebody finding these five, increased the number, which is in Hebrew seventy, to seventy-five. Wall. <\/p>\n

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n

Manasseh: Gen 41:50-52, Gen 48:4, Gen 48:5, Gen 48:13, Gen 48:14, Gen 48:20, Num 1:32-35, Num 26:28-37, Deu 33:13-17, 1Ch 5:23-26, 1Ch 7:14-29 <\/p>\n

priest: or, prince, Gen 41:45, Gen 41:50, *marg. <\/p>\n

Reciprocal: Gen 46:27 – threescore and ten Num 1:34 – Manasseh Jos 17:1 – the firstborn<\/p>\n

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bore unto him. 20. unto Joseph ] Cf. Gen 41:50-52. LXX adds to this verse “and there were born the sons of Manasseh which the concubine, the Syrian, bare unto him, Machir; and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 46:20”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}