Genesis 46:8 (BSB)

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

From Genesis 46. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 46:8

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 46:8: 8. These are the names of the children of Israel. He recounts the sons and grandsons of Jacob, till he arrives at their full number. The statement that there were but seventy souls, while Stephen (Acts 7:14) adds five more, is made, I doubt not, by an error of the transcribers.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 46:5-27: Old Jacob is here flitting. Little did he think of ever leaving Canaan; he expected, no doubt, to die in his nest, and to leave his seed in actual possession of the promised land: but Providence orders it otherwise. Note, Those that think themselves well settled may yet be unsettled in a little time.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 46:8: And these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt,.... Not meaning precisely Jacob's seed and offspring, but the body of the people of Israel, as they were when they went into Egypt, including Jacob himself: Jacob and his sons; for he went with them to Egypt, and was the head and principal of them: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn; see Gen 29:32.
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Genesis 46:5-27: IMMIGRATION TO EGYPT. (Gen. 46:5-27) And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba--to cross the border and settle in Egypt. However refreshed and invigorated in spirit by the religious services at Beer-sheba, he was now borne down by the infirmities of advanced age; and, therefore, his sons undertook all the trouble and toil of the arrangements, while the enfeebled old patriarch, with the wives and children, was...