8And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
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These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, …
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. …
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. …
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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. Even old people, who think of no other removal than that to the grave (which Jacob had much upon…
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