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Genesis 46:27

in Genesis 46

And 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

KJV

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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This verse in Genesis 46

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis · Written before 420.

on Genesis 46:26-27

(Chapter XLVI, Verse 26 and following) Therefore all the souls that entered Egypt with Jacob, and those that came out of his thighs, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, were sixty-six souls; and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were nine souls. Therefore all the souls that entered Egypt with Jacob were seventy-five. It is without doubt that except for Joseph and his sons, sixty-six souls that came out of Jacob's thighs entered Egypt. For thus also, gradually through each calculated number, it is proven, and it is found in the Hebrew volumes.

This site's exposition

All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt

on Genesis 46:26-27

The count is given twice, sixty-six who came from his own body and seventy for the whole house once Joseph and his two sons are added. Acts 7:14 says seventy-five, following the Greek text, which counts in grandsons of Ephraim and Manasseh born in Egypt. Jerome works the arithmetic through against the Hebrew. Exodus 1:5 repeats the seventy, and by 1:7 the land is filled with them.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on Genesis 46:8-27

In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of

    uveneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יוֹסֵ֛ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יֻלַּד־it was born

    yulad-H3205 →496 times

  • ל֥וֹto him

    lo

  • בְמִצְרַ֖יִםin Egypt

    vemitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • נֶ֣פֶשׁ[were] person[s]

    nefeshH5315 →754 times

  • שְׁנָ֑יִםtwo

    shenayimH8147 →768 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ<the> person

    hanefeshH5315 →754 times

  • לְבֵֽית־of [the] household of

    leveit-H1004 →2046 times

  • יַעֲקֹ֛בJacob

    yaakoH3290 →350 times

  • הַבָּ֥אָהthat it went

    habaahH935 →2568 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יְמָהEgypt towards

    mitzraymahH4714 →641 times

  • שִׁבְעִֽים׃ פ[was] seventy

    shivimH7657 →91 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 10:22Your 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.8 worksDeuteronomy 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.7 worksActs 7:14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.5 worksNumbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.5 worksExodus 1:5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.4 worksGenesis 49:22Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.3 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 24:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.2 worksNumbers 1:40From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,2 worksGenesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 1:5

    The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 1:5

      The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 15:5

      And 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 1:10

      The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

    • Nehemiah 9:23

      You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

  • Through

    Acts 7:14

    Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 46:26–27

      All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Exodus 24:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 11:16

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them…

    • Exodus 6:23

      And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

About Genesis

Jacob Goes to Egypt — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob Goes to Egypt — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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