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Genesis 46:9

King James Version (KJV)

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And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

Genesis 46:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 46:9

Theological / Devotional

The sons of Reuben. Of the four sons of Reuben, the last two mentioned must have been mere babes in the arms of their mother, since Reuben had had only two sons at the time of his first return from Egypt (ch. 42:37). Their names mean: Hanoch (a variant of “Enoch”), the name also of Cain’s first-born (ch. 4:17), and of the patriarch Enoch (ch. 5:19), means “dedicated”; Phallu, “separated”; Hezron, “enclosure”; and Canni, “vinedresser” or “my vineyard.”

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