Genesis 46:26

All the souls that came in with Jacob to Egypt that had come forth of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives,—all the souls, were sixty-six;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

25These, are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter,—so she bare these to Jacob,—all the souls, were seven.

27and, the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: All the souls of the house of Jacob that came into Egypt, were seventy.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:1Now, these, are the names of the Sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, with Jacob, did each man and his household come in:—

Deuteronomy 10:22As seventy souls, went thy fathers down to Egypt,—and, now, Yahweh thy God hath made thee like the stars of the heavens for multitude.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:6-28

Jacob's Removal to Egypt. ( b. c. 1706.) 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And these are the… Read the whole commentary →

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