Bible Strands
Genesis 46:10
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator lists Jacob’s descendants as the family prepares to descend into Egypt. This genealogical record follows the sons of Reuben and precedes the sons of Levi.
The words — The supplied Hebrew provides שִׁמְעוֹן (shim'On), meaning Simeon, and וּ/בְנֵ֣י (u./ve.Nei), meaning "and the sons of." These terms function as the grammatical head for a straightforward patriarchal roster.
The thread — This identical six-name roster appears in Exodus 6:15 as part of the same tribal enumeration. The specific note of a Canaanite mother echoes the tension introduced in Genesis 28:1 regarding marriage outside the covenant line.
Why it lands — The text records a factual lineage without commentary, requiring the reader to acknowledge the historical continuity of Jacob’s household. It demands recognition that the promised family structure includes both promised and foreign-born members, establishing the factual basis for Israel’s tribal divisions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
Cross-references
- Exodus 6:15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
- Genesis 29:33 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Genesis 28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
- Genesis 34:25 Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- Genesis 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
- Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
- Numbers 1:6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
- Numbers 1:22 From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 2:12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,
- Numbers 26:12 These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans: The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin,