Another interpretation [of the phrase] “these [ve’eleh] are the names” – Rabbi Abbahu says: Anywhere that eleh is stated, it negates what preceded it; ve’eleh, it adds praise to what preceded it. “This is [eleh] the legacy of the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 2:4) negates “void and darkness” (Genesis 1:2). “These are [ve’eleh] the names” adds praise to the seventy people cited above; that they were all righteous.
These are the names [shemot] of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; Jacob and his sons, every man came with his household.7This is a paraphrase of Exodus 1:1 and Genesis 46:8. Israel is equated to the host of the heavens. Shemot is stated here and shemot is stated regarding the stars, as it is stated: “He sets a number for the stars and calls them all by name” (Psalms 147:4). The Holy One blessed be He, too, when they descended to Egypt, counted their numbers, how many they were. Because they are analogized to stars, He called them all by name; that is what is written: “These are the names of the children of Israel.”