Jacob had twelve sons:
35:23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
35:24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
35:25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
35:26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher.
These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
35:27 So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, 2 to Kiriath Arba 3 (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. 4 35:28 Isaac lived to be 180 years old. 5 35:29 Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. 6 He died an old man who had lived a full life. 7 His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1 tn Heb “and Reuben went and lay with.” The expression “lay with” is a euphemism for having sexual intercourse.
2 tn This is an adverbial accusative of location.
3 tn The name “Kiriath Arba” is in apposition to the preceding name, “Mamre.”
4 tn The Hebrew verb גּוּר (gur), traditionally rendered “to sojourn,” refers to temporary settlement without ownership rights.
5 tn Heb “And the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.”
6 tn Heb “and Isaac expired and died and he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.
7 tn Heb “old and full of years.”