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I am continuing in the story of Jacob and his family moving to Egypt to be with Joseph found in chapter 46 of Genesis.  There were only two daughters mentioned in the listing of names, Dinah and Serah.  Dinah was the daughter of  Leah and Serah was the daughter of Asher. I am wondering if there is a reason Serah is mentioned or are these the only two daughters in Jacob's extended family? We know of Dinah earlier because of her rape and the revenge taken out on the men of Shechem. So is there a reason for the mention of Serah? The wife of Joseph is mentioned, her name is Asenath.  Er, and Onan sons of Judah were mentioned and part of the count it appeared to me but they had died in Canaan. There were no offspring of these two sons of Judah. The wives are also not named except for Joseph's wife Asenath.  There was mention of a son of  Simeon named Shaul that was by a Canaanite woman different than his other sons. Was Shaul's mother also with them as there are no names of the wives except for Asenath. The wives are not listed in the count. But Dinah and Serah are.  There is the possibility of 13 additional persons if the wives were named. Judah's wife had already died but his sons Perez and Zerah are listed but was their mother Tamar also with them? Tamar was the wife of Er who died in Canaan. In an earlier story, we read about how the birth of Perez and Zerah came about between Judah and Tamar.  Also, note that Perez has two sons named so there is another wife not named in the count.   The count is given as 66 family members plus wives. And additional descendants through Joseph already in Egypt. So there are at least 84 counting wives and if there is more than one wife as in the case of Shaul the number could be bigger.  When I read this I have to wonder why Serah is mentioned or is it possible that there are only two daughters born in all these families. I think there are more daughters because the majority of women are not named. So why is Serah named? I have no answers and just speculation. Is it possible that there were only two daughters in this whole lineup? Anyway, Jacob is now in Egypt there are still four chapters in Genesis to go. God bless, LVZ.