Genesis 46:9
ESV
and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
NIV
The sons of Reuben: Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.
NASB
And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
CSB
Reuben’s sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
NLT
The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
KJV
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
NKJV
The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
What does Genesis 46:9 mean?
This is part of an extended list of all Jacob's sons and grandsons. Together, they will begin to be known as "Israel" (Genesis 35:10), growing into the nation God had promised would come from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis 12:2).The list began with Jacob's firstborn son Reuben. Now Reuben's sons are listed: Hanoch, Pallu, Hazron, and Carmi. The name Hanoch could also be understood as Enoch, meaning that both Adam's and Jacob's first grandsons shared the same name (Genesis 4:17). Pallu may mean "God is a miracle worker." Hazron is the same name as Judah's grandson (Genesis 46:12), but the meaning is unknown. Carmi is related to the Hebrew word for vineyard.
