Genesis 46:14

Study note

Setting — The narrator records the names of Jacob’s descendants as the family prepares to descend to Egypt, specifically listing Zebulun’s children immediately after Issachar’s.

The words — וּ/בְנֵ֖י (ve.Nei) translates literally as "and/the sons of," and זְבוּלֻ֑ן (Zebulun) names the sixth son of Leah.

The thread — Genesis 30:19 records Leah conceiving Zebulun as Jacob’s sixth son, while Genesis 49:13 later assigns his tribe a territory extending to the seashore and Sidon. Numbers 1:9 subsequently identifies Eliab as a leader from this lineage during the wilderness census.

Why it lands — The text preserves a specific tribal roster to document the expansion of Jacob’s household before entering Egypt. It requires the reader to recognize how individual family names anchor the larger covenant lineage that the narrative will later develop.

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