KJV ORIGINAL
And 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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
These are the names of the Israelites who came to Egypt - Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse begins listing the family members who moved with Jacob from Canaan to Egypt during the great famine.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during the severe seven-year famine that Joseph had predicted through Pharaoh's dreams. Jacob's family was forced to relocate from Canaan to Egypt where Joseph, now second-in-command, could provide for them. This migration would eventually lead to the Israelites becoming slaves in Egypt for 400 years before the Exodus.
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