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These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
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Solving the Math of Verse 15
Commentators clarify a potential point of confusion in this verse. The number 'thirty and three' is reached by counting Leah's six sons, twenty-three grandsons, two great-grandsons, and her daughter Dinah (totaling 32), and then including Jacob himself in the count for this sub-group.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
פלוּא pallû' — Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן chetsrôn — Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי
19th Century
Anglican
All the souls ... were thirty and three. That is: six sons, twenty-three grandsons, two great-grandsons, Dinah, and Jacob. Daughte…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
These are the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Padanaram Which must be restra…
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