Genesis 46:27
New International Version
With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.

New Living Translation
In addition, Joseph had two sons who were born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy members of Jacob’s family in the land of Egypt.

English Standard Version
And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

New American Standard Bible
and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the people of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

NASB 1995
and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

NASB 1977
and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

Legacy Standard Bible
and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

Amplified Bible
and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Jacob, and Joseph and his sons], who came into Egypt, were seventy.

Christian Standard Bible
And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons. All those of Jacob’s household who came to Egypt: seventy persons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons. All those of Jacob’s household who had come to Egypt: 70 persons.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob's two grandsons who were born there made it a total of 70 members of Jacob's family in Egypt.

English Revised Version
and the sons of Joseph, which were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Joseph had two sons who were born in Egypt. The grand total of people in Jacob's household who went to Egypt was 70.

Good News Translation
Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing to seventy the total number of Jacob's family who went there.

International Standard Version
Joseph had two sons born to him in Egypt, and all of Jacob's household who went to Egypt numbered 70.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

New Heart English Bible
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

World English Bible
The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt [are] two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt [are] seventy.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt are two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt are seventy.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the sons of Joseph which were born to him in Egypt, two souls: to the house of Jacob coming to Egypt, seventy.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who went into Egypt, were seventy.

New American Bible
Together with Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt—two persons—all the people comprising the household of Jacob who had come to Egypt amounted to seventy persons in all.

New Revised Standard Version
The children of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons; thus all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the sons of Yoseph that were born to him in Egypt were two souls; all the souls of the house of Yaquuv who entered into Egypt were seventy.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were nine souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob who came with Joseph into Egypt, were seventy-five souls.

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Context
The Children of Bilhah
26All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons. 27And 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.

Cross References
Exodus 1:5
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

Acts 7:14
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

Deuteronomy 10:22
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 15:13
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Genesis 47:12
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Exodus 12:40-41
Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years. / At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

Numbers 26:59
and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

Genesis 35:11
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

Genesis 41:54
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 42:2
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

Genesis 45:11
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

Genesis 47:27
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Exodus 6:14-25
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben. / The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon. / These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. ...


Treasury of Scripture

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 three score and ten.

threescore and ten.

Genesis 46:26
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 46:15,18,22
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three…

Genesis 46:25
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

Exodus 1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Exodus 24:1
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

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.

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Genesis 46
1. Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba.
5. Thence he with his company goes into Egypt.
8. The number of his family that went into Egypt.
28. Joseph meets Jacob.
31. He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh.














And along with Joseph’s two sons
This phrase highlights the inclusion of Joseph's sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, in the count of Jacob's family. The Hebrew root for "sons" is "בָּנִים" (banim), which signifies not only biological offspring but also the continuation of a legacy. Joseph's sons, born in Egypt, symbolize the integration of Hebrew and Egyptian cultures, reflecting God's providence in preserving and expanding His chosen people even in foreign lands.

who were born to him in Egypt
The mention of Egypt is significant, as it was a place of both refuge and future bondage for the Israelites. The Hebrew word for Egypt, "מִצְרַיִם" (Mitzrayim), often symbolizes a place of constraint or narrowness. Yet, it is here that God begins to fulfill His promise to Abraham of making his descendants a great nation. The birth of Joseph's sons in Egypt underscores God's sovereignty in using unexpected circumstances to fulfill His divine purposes.

in all there were seventy members
The number seventy is symbolic in biblical literature, often representing completeness or perfection. In Hebrew, the number seventy is "שִׁבְעִים" (shiv'im), which can denote a sense of fullness. This number signifies the totality of Jacob's family, indicating the foundational structure of the nation of Israel. It reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to multiply Abraham's descendants.

of Jacob’s household
The term "household" in Hebrew is "בֵּית" (beit), which can mean house or family. This phrase emphasizes the unity and identity of Jacob's family as a single entity. It is a reminder of the covenantal relationship between God and the patriarchs, where the family unit is central to the unfolding of God's redemptive plan.

in Egypt
The repetition of "Egypt" at the end of the verse serves as a bookend, reminding the reader of the setting where God's people will grow and eventually face oppression. It foreshadows the coming Exodus, where God will demonstrate His power and faithfulness. Egypt, while a place of initial blessing, becomes a crucible for the Israelites, shaping their identity as God's chosen people.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And along with Joseph’s
יוֹסֵ֛ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

two
שְׁנָ֑יִם (šə·nā·yim)
Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

sons
וּבְנֵ֥י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

were born
יֻלַּד־ (yul·laḏ-)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to him
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

in Egypt,
בְמִצְרַ֖יִם (ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

in all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

there were
הַבָּ֥אָה (hab·bā·’āh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

seventy
שִׁבְעִֽים׃ (šiḇ·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)

members
הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ (han·ne·p̄eš)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

of Jacob’s
יַעֲקֹ֛ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

household
לְבֵֽית־ (lə·ḇêṯ-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

in Egypt.
מִצְרַ֖יְמָה (miṣ·ray·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


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