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.The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
In other translations
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961כָּל־kol-everyH3605נֶפֶשׁnefeshpersonH5315יֹצְאֵיyotze'ei[who] came out ofH3318יֶרֶךְ־yerekh-[the] thigh ofH3409יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290שִׁבְעִיםshiv'imseventyH7657נָפֶשׁnafeshperson[s]H5315וְיוֹסֵףveyosefand JosephH3130הָיָהhayahhe wasH1961בְמִצְרָיִם׃vemitzrayimin EgyptH4714
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 10:22Thy 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.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.
- Genesis 46:26-2726 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; 27 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.26 All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons. 27 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.
- Judges 8:30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- Exodus 1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
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People and places
Places: Egypt