Vayigash 46:7 · unit 1

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 46:7

The Complete Passuk

בָּנָ֞יו וּבְנֵ֤י בָנָיו֙ אִתּ֔וֹ בְּנֹתָ֛יו וּבְנ֥וֹת בָּנָ֖יו וְכׇל־זַרְע֑וֹ הֵבִ֥יא אִתּ֖וֹ מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

His sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his offspring he brought with him to Egypt.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to classical sources on the full household that entered Egypt.

TT lemma: the enumeration of the seed of Yaakov.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בָּנָיו וּבְנֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ, בְּנֹתָיו וּבְנוֹת בָּנָיו וְכׇל זַרְעוֹ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכׇּל זַרְעוֹ שֶׁל יַעֲקֹב, בָּנִים וּבְנוֹת, נִכְנְסוּ עִמּוֹ לְמִצְרַיִם.

English: “His sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his offspring” — this teaches that the entire seed of Yaakov, sons and daughters, entered Egypt with him.

On the daf / in context: The verse establishes the complete household that forms the base for the later count of seventy souls.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrashic accounting) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

The entire seed of Yaakov — sons, grandsons, daughters, and granddaughters — entered Egypt together.