25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
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And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. …
And the sons of Dan; Hushim. …
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-29)Here is, 1. Jacob’s removal, Gen. 35:21. He also, as his fathers, sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, and was not long in a place. Immediately after the story of Rachel’s death he is here called Israel ( Gen. 35:21 , 22 ), and not often so afterwards: the Jews say, “The historian does him this honour here because he bore that affliction with such admirable patience and submis…
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