Genesis 46:27
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.
KJV
Filii autem Joseph, qui nati sunt ei in terra Ægypti, animæ duæ. Omnes animæ domus Jacob, quæ ingressæ sunt in Ægyptum, fuere septuaginta.
Vulgate
υἱοὶ δὲ Ἰωσὴφ οἱ γενόμενοι αὐτῷ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ψυχαὶ ἐννέα. πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ οἴκου Ἰακὼβ αἱ εἰσελθοῦσαι εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε.
LXX
and 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 threescore and ten.
ASV
וּ/בְנֵ֥י יוֹסֵ֛ף אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּד ל֥/וֹ בְ/מִצְרַ֖יִם נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׁנָ֑יִם כָּל הַ/נֶּ֧פֶשׁ לְ/בֵֽית יַעֲקֹ֛ב הַ/בָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָ/ה שִׁבְעִֽים
Hebrew
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12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Acts 7:14 — Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- Deut 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.
- Deut 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.
- Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
- Exod 1:5 — And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
- Gen 49:22 — Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
- Num 11:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the co