22 These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob-fourteen in all.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob--fourteen persons in all.
22 These are the children born to Jacob through Rachel - fourteen.
22 These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons in all.
22 These were the sons of Rachel and Jacob. The number of Jacob's descendants through Rachel was fourteen.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 46:22
Commentary on Genesis 46:5-27
(Read Genesis 46:5-27)
We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a great nation, 2; yet that branch of his seed, to which the promise was made sure, had only increased to seventy, of whom this particular account is kept, to show the power of God in making these seventy become a vast multitude.