Self-interpreting Bible

1 AND Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to ^aBeer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the ^bGod of his father Isaac.

• a: Ge. 21:14 , Ge. 21:31 , Ge. 21:33 , Ge. 26:23 , Ge. 26:33 , Ge. 28:10
• b: Ge. 31:42 , Ge. 31:53 , Ge. 26:24 , Ge. 26:25 , Ge. 28:13

2 And ^cGod spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

• c: Ge. 15:1 , Ge. 15:13 , Ge. 22:11 , 1Sa. 3:10

3 And he said, I am God, ^dthe God of thy father: ^efear not to go down into Egypt; for I will ^fthere make of thee a great nation:

• d: Ge. 28:13
• e: Ge. 15:1 , Is. 41:10 , Is. 43:1 , Is. 43:2
• f: Ge. 12:2 , Ge. 15:13 , Ge. 28:14 , Ge. 35:11 , Ge. 22:17 , Ge. 13:16 , Ex. 1:7 , Ex. 1:12 , Ge. 47:27 , De. 26:5

4 I will ^ggo down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely ^hbring thee up again: and ⁱJoseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

• g: Is. 43:2 , Ge. 28:15
• h: Ge. 15:16 , Ge. 48:21 , Ge. 50:24 , Ex. 3:8
• i: Ge. 50:1

5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel ^jcarried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, ^kin the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

• j: Ge. 31:17 , Ge. 31:18 , Ex. 10:24 , Ex. 10:26
• k: Ge. 45:19 , Ge. 45:21 , Ge. 45:27

6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had ^*gotten in the land of Canaan, and came ^linto Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

• *: gotten-got, obtained.
• l: Ge. 15:13 , Jos. 24:4 , Ps. 105:23 , Is. 52:4 , Ac. 7:15 , Nu. 20:15 , De. 10:22

7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, ^mhis daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

• m: Ge. 37:35

8 ¶And ⁿthese are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: ^oReuben, Jacob's firstborn.

• n: Genesis 29 , Genesis 30 , Genesis 49 , Ge. 35:23 , 1 Chronicles 2 - 8 , Ex. 1:1 - 5 , Ex. 6:14 - 25
• o: Ge. 29:32 , Ge. 35:22 , Ge. 35:23 , Ge. 49:3 , Ge. 49:4 , Ex. 6:14 , Nu. 26:5 - 11 , Nu. 1:5 , Nu. 1:20 , Nu. 1:21 , De. 33:6 , 1Ch. 2:1 , 1Ch. 5:1 - 10

9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

10 ¶And ^pthe sons of Simeon; ¹Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and ²Jachin, and ³Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

• p: Ge. 29:33 , Ge. 49:5 - 7 , Ex. 6:15 , 1Ch. 2:1 , 1Ch. 4:24 - 43 , Nu. 26:12 , Nu. 26:13 , Nu. 1:6 , Nu. 1:22 , Nu. 1:23
• 1: Or, Nemuel.
• 2: Or, Jarib.
• 3: Or, Zerah.

11 ¶And the sons of ^qLevi; ⁴Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

• q: Ge. 29:34 , Ge. 49:5 - 7 , 1Ch. 2:1 , 1Ch. 2:11 , 1Ch. 2:16 , Ex. 6:16 , De. 33:8 - 11 , Numbers 3 , Numbers 4 , Numbers 8 , 1 Chronicles 6 , 1 Chronicles 22 - 26
• 4: Or, Gershom.

12 ¶And the sons of ^rJudah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

• r: 1Ch. 2:1 , 1Ch. 2:3 , 1Ch. 4:21 , Ge. 29:35 , Ge. 38:1 - 30 , Ge. 49:8 - 12 , De. 33:7 , Nu. 26:19 - 21 , Nu. 1:7 , Nu. 1:27 , Nu. 1:28 , 1 Chronicles 2 - 4

13 ¶And ^sthe sons of Issachar; Tola, and ⁵Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

• s: Ge. 30:14 - 18 , Ge. 35:23 , Ge. 49:14 , Ge. 49:15 , De. 33:18 , De. 33:19 , 1Ch. 2:1 , 1Ch. 7:1 - 5 , Nu. 26:23 , Nu. 26:24 , Nu. 1:8 , Nu. 1:28 , Nu. 1:29
• 5: Or, Puah and Jashub.

14 ¶And the ^tsons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

• t: Ge. 30:19 , Ge. 30:20 , Nu. 26:26 , Nu. 26:27 , Nu. 1:9 , Nu. 1:31 , Ge. 49:13 , De. 33:18 , De. 33:19 , 1Ch. 2:1

15 These be the ^usons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

• u: Ge. 35:23 , Ge. 29:32 - 30 , Genesis 21 , Ge. 49:3 - 15 , Ex. 1:2 , Ex. 1:3 , Numbers 1 , Numbers 10 , Numbers 26 , 1Ch. 2:1

16 ¶And ^vthe sons of Gad; ⁶Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and ⁷Ezbon, Eri, and ⁸Arodi, and Areli.

• v: Ge. 30:11 , Ge. 35:26 , Ge. 49:19 , De. 33:20 , Nu. 26:15 - 17 , Nu. 1:14 , Nu. 1:24 , Nu. 1:25 , 1Ch. 2:2 , 1Ch. 5:11 - 26
• 6: Nu. 26.15-17, Zephon. , Nu. 26:15 - 17
• 7: Or, Ozni.
• 8: Or, Arod.

17 ¶And ^wthe sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

• w: Ge. 30:13 , Ge. 35:26 , Ge. 49:20 , De. 33:24 , Nu. 26:44 - 47 , Nu. 1:13 , Nu. 1:40 , Nu. 1:41 , 1Ch. 2:2 , 1Ch. 7:30 - 40

18 These ^xare the sons of Zilpah, ^ywhom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

• x: Ge. 30:9 - 13 , Ge. 35:26 , Ex. 1:4 , 1Ch. 2:2
• y: Ge. 29:24

19 The ^zsons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

• z: Ge. 29:18 , Ge. 30:24 , Ge. 35:18 , Ge. 35:24 , Ex. 1:3 , Ex. 1:5 , 1Ch. 2:2

20 ¶And ^aunto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah ⁹priest of On bare unto him.

• a: Ge. 41:50 - 52 , Ge. 48:5 - 20 , Ge. 49:22 - 26 , De. 33:13 - 17 , Nu. 1:10 , Nu. 1:32 - 35 , Nu. 10:22 , Nu. 10:23 , Nu. 26:28 - 37 , 1Ch. 5:23 - 26 , 1Ch. 7:14 - 29
• 9: Or, prince. ch. 41.45. , Ge. 41:45

21 ¶And ^bthe sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, ¹⁰Ehi, and Rosh, ¹¹Muppim, and ¹²Huppim, and Ard.

• b: 1Ch. 7:6 - 12 , 1 Chronicles 8 , Nu. 26:38 - 40 , Nu. 1:11 , Nu. 1:36 , Nu. 1:37 , Ge. 49:27 , De. 33:12
• 10: Nu. 26.38, Ahiram. , Nu. 26:38
• 11: Nu. 26.39, Shupham: 1Ch. 7.12, Shuppim. , Nu. 26:39 , 1Ch. 7:12
• 12: Nu. 26.39, Hupham. , Nu. 26:39

22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

23 ¶And ^cthe sons of Dan; ¹³Hushim.

• c: Ge. 30:6 , Ge. 35:25 , Ge. 49:16 , Ge. 49:17 , De. 33:22 , Nu. 26:42 , Nu. 26:43 , Nu. 1:12 , Nu. 1:38 , Nu. 1:39 , Nu. 10:25 , 1Ch. 2:2 , 1Ch. 7:12 , 1Ch. 12:35
• 13: Or, Shuham. Nu. 26.42. , Nu. 26:42

24 ¶And the ^dsons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

• d: Ge. 30:7 , Ge. 30:8 , Ge. 35:25 , Ge. 49:21 , De. 33:23 , Nu. 1:15 , Nu. 1:42 , Nu. 1:43 , Nu. 26:48 , Nu. 26:49 , 1Ch. 2:2 , 1Ch. 7:13 , 1Ch. 12:34 , 2Ki. 15:29

25 These ^eare the sons of Bilhah, ^fwhich Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

• e: Ge. 30:3 - 8 , Ge. 35:22 , Ge. 35:25 , Ex. 1:4 , 1Ch. 2:2
• f: Ge. 29:29

26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his ¹⁴loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

• 14: Heb. thigh, Ex. 1.5. ch. 35.11. , Ex. 1:5 , Ge. 35:11

27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: ^gall the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

• g: De. 10:22 , Ex. 1:5 , Ex. 24:1 , Ge. 46:15 , Ge. 46:18 , Ge. 46:22 , Ge. 46:25 , Ac. 7:14

28 ¶And he sent ^hJudah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came ⁱinto the land of Goshen.

• h: Ge. 43:8 , Ge. 44:16 - 34
• i: Ge. 45:10

29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he ^jfell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

• j: Ge. 33:4 , Ge. 45:14 , Lu. 15:20 , Ac. 20:37

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now ^klet me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

• k: Ge. 45:28 , Lu. 2:29

31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, ^lMy brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

• l: Ge. 47:1

32 And the men are shepherds, for ¹⁵their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

• 15: Heb. they are men of cattle, v.34. ch. 13.2; 30.43; 36.7. , Ge. 46:34 , Ge. 13:2 , Ge. 30:43 , Ge. 36:7

33 And ^mit shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

• m: Ge. 47:2 , Ge. 47:3

34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle ⁿfrom our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for ^oevery shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

• n: Ge. 37:12
• o: Ge. 43:32 , Ex. 8:26 , Ge. 47:6 , Ge. 47:17 , Ex. 9:1 - 6