Exodus 1:5
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 10:22
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.
Read in contextGenesis 46:26–27
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;
Read in contextJudges 8:30
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Read in contextExodus 1:20
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
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