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Deuteronomy 10:22

Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

KJV

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּשִׁבְעִ֣יםbe.shiv.'Im<in> seventyH7657 →
נֶ֔פֶשׁNe.feshperson[s]H5315 →
יָרְד֥וּya.re.Duthey went downH3381 →
אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaancestors yourH1 →
מִצְרָ֑יְמָהּmitz.Ra.ye.mahEgypt towardsH4714 →
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
שָֽׂמְךָ֙sa.me.Khahe has made youH7760 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥יke.chokh.Veilike [the] stars ofH3556 →
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
לָרֹֽב׃la.Rofor multitudeH7230 →

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Genesis 46:27And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.Exodus 1:5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.Deuteronomy 26:5and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”Deuteronomy 1:10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.Exodus 1:7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.Nehemiah 9:23You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.Deuteronomy 28:62You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.Acts 7:14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.Numbers 26:51These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.Isaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.Hebrews 11:12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.Numbers 26:62The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.Numbers 1:46And all those counted totaled 603,550.Acts 7:15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.Genesis 46:3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.Genesis 46:6They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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