King James Version
Exodus 1:1 in the King James Version says “Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.”
Exodus 1:1 · KJV
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now these are the names”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“every man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“and his household”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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