Genesis 46:26 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 46:26

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

KJV

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt,.... These are in parcels before mentioned, but here they are brought to a sum total; and by this phrase are excluded those that died before, as Er and Onan, and those that were in Egypt before, as Joseph and his two sons; and I should think also all that were born in Egypt afterwards, even while Jacob was living: those reckoned are only such: which came out of his loins: such as were his seed and offspring.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
הַ֠נֶּפֶשׁ	Ha.ne.fesh	<the> person	H5315 →
הַבָּאָ֨ה	ha.ba.'Ah	who went	H935 →
לְיַעֲקֹ֤ב	le.ya.'a.Ko	[belonging] to Jacob	H3290 →
מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙	mitz.Ray.mah	Egypt towards	H4714 →
יֹצְאֵ֣י	yo.tze.'Ei	[who] came out of	H3318 →
יְרֵכ֔וֹ	ye.re.Kho	thigh his	H3409 →
מִלְּבַ֖ד	mi.le.Vad	<from> <to> besides	H905 →
נְשֵׁ֣י	ne.Shei	[the] wives of	H802 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
יַעֲקֹ֑ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
נֶ֖פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	person	H5315 →
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים	shi.Shim	[was] sixty	H8346 →
וָשֵֽׁשׁ׃	va.Shesh	and six	H8337 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 35:11
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
leads to
- Genesis 17:1
  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 22:17
  I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 9:1
  And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Exodus 6:3
  I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
- Genesis 17:5–7
  No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
Through
Exodus 1:5
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
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.
Through
Judges 8:30
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
leads to
- Judges 9:5
  He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judges 9:2
  “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh…

About Genesis

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

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06About Genesis

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Where the connections lead

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