Genesis 46:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

The sons of Rueben. Previous to the second journey to buy grain (Genesis 42:37), Reuben seems to have had only two sons; and since only a short time elapsed after their return, when the whole tribe migrated into Egypt, the third, at all events the fourth son, must have been born in that country.

Genesis 46:9

9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.