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Exodus 1:5

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3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

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

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

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BSB
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
KJV
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
WEB
All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
ASV
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.
DARBY
And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.
BLB
And all the souls coming out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt.
ÅB
De som nedstammet fra Jakob, var i alt sytti sjeler; men Josef var allerede i Egypt.
OTB
Etterkommerne av Jakob var sytti i alt, men Josef var allerede i Egypt.
B1930
De som nedstammet fra Jakob, var i alt sytti sjeler; men Josef var allerede i Egypten.

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