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THE HOUSE

OF ISRAEL

The House of Leah

רְאוּבֵן	259	5	שִׁמְעוֹן	466	5	לֵוִי	46	3
חֲנוֹךְ	84	4	יְמוּאֵל	87	5	גֵּרְשׁוֹן	559	5
פַלּוּא	117	4	יָמִין	110	4	קְהָת	505	3
חֶצְרֹן	348	4	אֹהַד	10	3	מְרָרִי	450	4
כַרְמִי	270	4	יָכִין	90	4
			צֹחַר	298	3
			שָׁאוּל	337	4
5	1078	21	7	1398	28	4	1560	15

יְהוּדָה	30	5	יִשָּׂשכָר	830	5	זְבֻלוּן	95	5
שֵׁלָה	335	3	תּוֹלָע	506	4	סֶרֶד	264	3
פֶרֶץ	370	3	פֻוָה	91	3	אֵלוֹן	87	4
זָרַח	215	3	יוֹב	18	3	יַחְלְאֵל	79	5
חֶצְרֹן	348	4	שִׁמְרֹן	590	4
חָמוּל	84	4
6	1382	22	5	2035	19	4	525	17

דִּינָה	69	4	גָד	7	2	אָשֵׁר	501	3
			צִפְיוֹן	236	5	יִמְנָה	105	4
			חַגִּי	21	3	יִשְׁוָה	321	4
			שׁוּנִי	366	4	יִשְׁוִי	326	4
			אֶצְבֹּן	143	4	בְרִיעָה	287	5
			עֵרִי	280	3	שֶׂרַח	508	3
			אֲרוֹדִי	221	5	חֶבֶר	210	3
			אַרְאֵלִי	242	5	מַלְכִּיאֵל	131	6
1	69	4	8	1516	31	8	2389	32

The House of Rachel

יוֹסֵף	156	4	בִנְיָמִן	152	5	דָן	54	2	נַפְתָּלִי	570	5
מְנַשֶּׁה	395	4	בֶּלַע	102	3	חֻשִׁים	358	4	יַחְצְאֵל	139	5
אֶפְרָיִם	331	5	בֶכֶר	222	3				גוּנִי	69	4
			אַשְׁבֵּל	333	4				יֵצֶר	300	3
			גֵּרָא	204	3				שִׁלֵּם	370	3
			נַעֲמָן	210	4
			אֵחִי	19	3
			רֹאשׁ	501	3
			מֻפִּים	170	4
			חֻפִּים	138	4
			אָרְדְּ	205	3
3	882	13	11	2256	39	2	412	6	5	1448	20

Statistics

The House of Leah that went down into Egypt consists of 48 individuals. Of these, 32 descend directly from Leah, while 16 descend from her handmaid, Zilpah. The ratio of Leah’s descendants to those of her handmaid is therefore 2:1.
The names of the 32 descendants from Leah’s lineage are composed of 126 letters in total, whereas those of the 16 descendants through her handmaid, Zilpah, are composed of 63 letters. The ratio of letters in the names of Leah’s descendants to those of her handmaid is therefore 2:1.
The total gematria for all 48 descendants enumerated in the House of Leah is 11952. This number factorises as 48 x 249, where 48 is the total number of descendants from the House of Leah that went down into Egypt.
The gematria sum of 11952 for the House of Leah that went down into Egypt also factorises as 36 x 332, where 36 is the gematria of the name Leah, in Hebrewלֵאָה .
The House of Rachel that went down into Egypt consists of 21 individuals. Of these, 14 descend directly from Rachel, while 7 descend from her handmaid, Bilhah. The ratio of Rachel’s descendants to those of her handmaid is therefore 2:1.
The names of the 14 descendants from Rachel’s lineage are composed of 52 letters in total, whereas those of the 7 descendants through her handmaid, Bilhah, are composed of 26 letters. The ratio of letters in the names of Rachel’s descendants to those of her handmaid is therefore 2:1.
The total gematria for all 21 descendants enumerated in the House of Rachel is 4998. This number factorises as 21 x 238, where 21 is the total number of descendants from the House of Rachel that went down into Egypt, and 238 is the gematria of the name Rachel, in Hebrew רָחֵל.

Notes

עֵר and אוֹנָן from Judah’s lineage are not included in the list of names as they died before the House of Israel went down into Egypt.
דִּינָה, the daughter of Leah, is, however, included in the list of names as the text indicates that she accompanied Israel in going down into Egypt.
Three names from the House of Leah have been written defective vis-à-vis their orthography in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. These are חֶצְרֹן, the son ofרְאוּבֵן ; חֶצְרֹן, the son of פֶרֶץ, the son of יְהוּדָה; and שִׁמְרֹן, the son of יִשָּׂשכָר.
Prior to the third edition of Rudolf Kittel’s Biblia Hebraica, which used the Leningrad Codex as its preferred text-form, earlier editions of Biblia Hebraica reproduced the Hebrew text found in the Mikraot Gedolot published by Daniel Bomberg in Venice in 1524-25.
The Hebrew orthography for all 69 names in our list has been taken from the Mikraot Gedolot text of Genesis 46:9-24, which follows. It includes highlighting of the Hebrew names, with the English parallel text from the Authorized Version on the right, and has been reproduced from the following online address: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0146.htm

Genesis 46:9-24: Hebrew and English

ט וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן חֲנוֹךְ וּפַלּוּא וְחֶצְרֹן וְכַרְמִי	9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
י וּבְנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן יְמוּאֵל וְיָמִין וְאֹהַד וְיָכִין וְצֹחַר וְשָׁאוּל בֶּן-הַכְּנַעֲנִית	10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
יא וּבְנֵי לֵוִי גֵּרְשׁוֹן קְהָת וּמְרָרִי	11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
יב וּבְנֵי יְהוּדָה עֵר וְאוֹנָן וְשֵׁלָה וָפֶרֶץ וָזָרַח וַיָּמָת עֵר וְאוֹנָן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי פֶרֶץ חֶצְרֹן וְחָמוּל	12 And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
יג וּבְנֵי יִשָּׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפֻוָה וְיוֹב וְשִׁמְרֹן	13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.
יד וּבְנֵי זְבֻלוּן סֶרֶד וְאֵלוֹן וְיַחְלְאֵל	14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
טו אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם וְאֵת דִּינָה בִתּוֹ כָּל-נֶפֶשׁ בָּנָיו וּבְנוֹתָיו שְׁלֹשִׁים וְשָׁלֹשׁ	15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
טז וּבְנֵי גָד צִפְיוֹן וְחַגִּי שׁוּנִי וְאֶצְבֹּן עֵרִי וַאֲרוֹדִי וְאַרְאֵלִי	16 And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
יז וּבְנֵי אָשֵׁר יִמְנָה וְיִשְׁוָה וְיִשְׁוִי וּבְרִיעָה וְשֶׂרַח אֲחֹתָם וּבְנֵי בְרִיעָה חֶבֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵל	17 And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
יח אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה אֲשֶׁר-נָתַן לָבָן לְלֵאָה בִתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד אֶת-אֵלֶּה לְיַעֲקֹב שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה נָפֶשׁ	18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
יט בְּנֵי רָחֵל אֵשֶׁת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף וּבִנְיָמִן	19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
כ וַיִּוָּלֵד לְיוֹסֵף בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה-לּוֹ אָסְנַת בַּת-פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן אֶת-מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת-אֶפְרָיִם	20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.
כא וּבְנֵי בִנְיָמִן בֶּלַע וָבֶכֶר וְאַשְׁבֵּל גֵּרָא וְנַעֲמָן אֵחִי וָרֹאשׁ מֻפִּים וְחֻפִּים וָאָרְדְּ	21 And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
כב אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי רָחֵל אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּד לְיַעֲקֹב כָּל-נֶפֶשׁ אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר	22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen.
כג וּבְנֵי-דָן חֻשִׁים	23 And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
כד וּבְנֵי נַפְתָּלִי יַחְצְאֵל וְגוּנִי וְיֵצֶר וְשִׁלֵּם	24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

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A comparative text of Genesis 46:8-26 from the Mikraot Gedolot has been reproduced on pages 7 to 9, and has been copied from the online digital library of Cornell University. It is intended as a means for cross- referencing the text-form immediately preceding it. It will be readily observed that the orthography for all 69 names enumerated in our list for the House of Israel matches that found in the comparative Hebrew text of Mikraot Gedolot.
[Mikraot gedolot: hamishah humshe Torah im Targum Onkelos … ve-im shenayim ve-arbaim perushim [Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Hebrew.] (Volume 1)]

Further features of note

By amending the names in our list to represent their orthography in the Leningrad Codex, the House of Leah sees a gematrical increment from 11952 to 11970.
Supplementing the amended sum for the House of Leah with the gematria sum for the House of Rachel gives us 11970 + 4998 = 16968.
Augmenting these 69 names from the House of Leah and the House of Rachel through the addition of the name of Jacob gives us 16968 + 182 = 17150.
The 70 souls that went down into Egypt, inclusive of Jacob, sum to 17150, which factorises as 70 x 245. The number of souls, 70, is therefore seen to be a factor.
Including the names of the two matriarchs in this number gives us 17150 + 36 + 238 = 17424. This number is a square, being 132 x 132.
Inclusion of the two matriarchs brings the number of souls to 72. 17424 also factorises as 72 x 242. The number of souls, 72, is therefore seen to be a factor.
Of course, Rachel certainly did not go down to Egypt as the report of her death in giving birth to Benjamin is recorded at Genesis 35:16-20.