Each Man and His Household Came Down to Egypt

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 162:5

Another interpretation: "And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons" (Exodus 1:1). "Each man and his household" (Exodus 1:1) teaches that Jacob did not go down to Egypt until there were eight in the line of Perez, and Hezron and Hamul were among them, this one a year old and that one two years old, and he matched them with wives. "Each man and his household" they came.

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