Exodus 1:5

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

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Other Translations of Exodus 1:5

New International Version

⁵ The descendants of Jacob numbered seventyMasoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) "seventy-five" in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.

English Standard Version

⁵ All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.

The Message

⁵ Seventy persons in all generated by Jacob's seed. Joseph was already in Egypt.

New King James Version

⁵ All those who were descendants Literally who came from the loins of of Jacob were seventy Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint read seventy-five (compare Acts 7:14). persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).

New Living Translation

⁵ In all, Jacob had seventy descendants in Egypt, including Joseph, who was already there.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 1:5

Commentary on Exodus 1:1-7

(Read Exodus 1:1-7)

During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of years, though under cruel bondage, they became a large nation. This wonderful increase was according to the promise long before made unto the fathers. Though the performance of God's promises is sometimes slow, it is always sure.