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Exodus 1:5

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And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already].

And all the souls {H5315} that came out {H3318} of the loins {H3409} of Jacob {H3290} were seventy {H7657} souls {H5315}: for Joseph {H3130} was in Egypt {H4714} already.

All told, there were seventy descendants of Ya'akov; Yosef was already in Egypt.

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

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 10:22 (7 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 46:26 (4 votes)

    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;

  • Genesis 46:27 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Judges 8:30 (3 votes)

    And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

  • Exodus 1:20 (2 votes)

    Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.