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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/46.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/46.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />All those who went to Egypt with Jacob—those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons&#8217 wives—numbered sixty-six persons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/46.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants who went with him to Egypt, not counting his sons’ wives, was sixty-six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/46.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/46.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/46.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls <i>were</i> threescore and six;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/46.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, <i>were</i> sixty-six persons in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/46.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />All the people belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, <i>were</i> sixty-six persons in all,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/46.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob&#8217s sons, were sixty-six persons in all,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/46.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, <i>were</i> sixty-six persons in all,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/46.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, who came out of his loins, excluding the wives of Jacob’s sons, <i>were</i> sixty-six persons in all,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/46.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt—who were his direct descendants, not counting the wives of [Jacob or] Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/46.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The total number of persons belonging to Jacob—his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons—who came to Egypt: sixty-six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/46.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The total number of persons belonging to Jacob—his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob&#8217s sons—who came to Egypt: 66. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/46.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/46.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Sixty-six members of Jacob's family went to Egypt with him, not counting his daughters-in-law. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/46.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/46.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The total number of Jacob's direct descendants who went with him to Egypt was 66. This didn't include the wives of Jacob's sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/46.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons' wives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/46.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />All of these people, who belonged to Jacob's family, traveled to Egypt. All of Jacob's direct descendants, not including his sons' wives, numbered 66 persons in all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/46.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt?his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob?s sons?numbered sixty-six persons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/46.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob's sons.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/46.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons were sixty-six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/46.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty and six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/46.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/46.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob’s sons, all the persons [are] sixty-six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/46.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons are sixty and six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/46.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />All the souls going with Jacob to Egypt, coming forth from his thigh, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls, sixty and six.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/46.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/46.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/46.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jacob’s people who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, not counting the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/46.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own offspring, not including the wives of his sons, were sixty-six persons in all.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/46.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />All the persons that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/46.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />All the souls that entered with Yaquuv into Egypt, that came out from his loins, apart from the wives of the children of Yaquuv, all the souls were sixty and six;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/46.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />All the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/46.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, <i>even</i> all the souls were sixty-six.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/46-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=12144" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/46.htm">The Children of Bilhah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All those</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">belonging to Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hab·bā·’āh (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">who came</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ray·māh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">to Egypt—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yō·ṣə·’ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">his direct descendants,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3409.htm" title="3409: yə·rê·ḵōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh; by euphem. The generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side."></a> <a href="/hebrew/905.htm" title="905: mil·lə·ḇaḏ (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Separation, a part. ">besides</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nə·šê (N-fpc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">the wives</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">of Jacob’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">sons—</a> <a href="/hebrew/8346.htm" title="8346: šiš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Sixty. Multiple of shesh; sixty.">numbered sixty-six</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: wā·šêš (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: han·ne·p̄eš (Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">persons.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Exodus 1:5</a></span><br />The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-14.htm">Acts 7:14</a></span><br />Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-23.htm">Genesis 35:23-26</a></span><br />The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. / The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. / The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Genesis 29:31-35</a></span><br />When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. / And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.” / Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1-24</a></span><br />When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?” / Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Genesis 31:41</a></span><br />Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-2.htm">Genesis 37:2</a></span><br />This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/41-46.htm">Genesis 41:46</a></span><br />Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">Genesis 42:13</a></span><br />But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-7.htm">Genesis 45:7</a></span><br />God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-11.htm">Genesis 45:11</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12</a></span><br />Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-5.htm">Numbers 26:5-51</a></span><br />Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu, / the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi. / These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were three score and six;</p><p class="hdg">loins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a></b></br> And God said unto him, I <i>am</i> God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Exodus 1:5</a></b></br> And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt <i>already</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-30.htm">Judges 8:30</a></b></br> And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/45-27.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/30-40.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/genesis/14-23.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/genesis/46-15.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/genesis/41-49.htm">Counting</a> <a href="/genesis/46-8.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/18-19.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/genesis/46-20.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/31-18.htm">Including</a> <a href="/genesis/46-25.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/46-19.htm">Jacob's</a> <a href="/genesis/37-34.htm">Loins</a> <a href="/genesis/46-7.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/46-25.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Six</a> <a href="/genesis/25-26.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/revelation/13-18.htm">Sixty-Six</a> <a href="/genesis/46-25.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/genesis/32-32.htm">Thigh</a> <a href="/genesis/25-26.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Account</a> <a href="/exodus/8-22.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/genesis/50-8.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/genesis/50-8.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-16.htm">Counting</a> <a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/10-5.htm">Including</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Jacob's</a> <a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Loins</a> <a href="/genesis/48-6.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Six</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Sixty-Six</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/genesis/47-29.htm">Thigh</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/exodus/19-15.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 46</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Thence he with his company goes into Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-8.htm">The number of his family that went into Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Joseph meets Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/46-31.htm">He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This move was significant in the history of Israel, as it set the stage for the Israelites' eventual enslavement and subsequent Exodus. The journey to Egypt was a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that his descendants would be strangers in a land not their own (<a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a>). This migration also highlights God's providence in preserving the family line through Joseph, who had risen to power in Egypt.<p><b>his direct descendants,</b><br>The term "direct descendants" emphasizes the bloodline of Jacob, also known as Israel. This lineage is crucial as it traces the twelve tribes of Israel, each descending from Jacob's sons. The focus on direct descendants underscores the importance of maintaining the purity of the covenant line through which the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would eventually come. This lineage is meticulously recorded in biblical genealogies, such as those found in <a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1</a> and <a href="/luke/3.htm">Luke 3</a>.<p><b>besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—</b><br>This phrase indicates that the count of sixty-six persons did not include the wives of Jacob's sons. In the cultural context of the time, genealogical records often focused on male descendants, as inheritance and tribal identity were typically passed through the male line. The exclusion of the wives from the count reflects this cultural practice. However, the presence of these women was essential for the continuation of the family line and the fulfillment of God's promises.<p><b>numbered sixty-six persons.</b><br>The number sixty-six refers to the total count of Jacob's direct descendants who traveled to Egypt, excluding the wives. This number is significant in the biblical narrative, as it demonstrates the growth of Jacob's family from a single individual to a burgeoning clan. The number also aligns with the broader biblical theme of God multiplying His people, as seen in His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The precision of this count reflects the importance of each individual in God's plan and the unfolding story of Israel's history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Israelites, who is moving his family to Egypt during a time of famine.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where Joseph, Jacob's son, has risen to power and where Jacob's family seeks refuge.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob's_descendants.htm">Jacob's Descendants</a></b><br>The direct descendants of Jacob who traveled with him to Egypt, totaling sixty-six persons.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>Jacob's son, who was sold into slavery by his brothers and later became a powerful leader in Egypt.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/famine.htm">Famine</a></b><br>The severe famine affecting Canaan, prompting Jacob's family to relocate to Egypt for survival.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_family_and_nation_building.htm">God's Sovereignty in Family and Nation Building</a></b><br>God's hand is evident in the growth of Jacob's family, fulfilling His promise to Abraham. Trust in God's timing and plan for your family and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_times_of_transition.htm">Faith in Times of Transition</a></b><br>Jacob's move to Egypt represents a significant transition. In times of change, rely on God's guidance and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_family_legacy.htm">The Importance of Family Legacy</a></b><br>The passage highlights the importance of family and legacy. Consider how your actions and faith impact future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_in_famine.htm">God's Provision in Famine</a></b><br>Despite the famine, God provides for Jacob's family through Joseph. Trust in God's provision during difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_and_togetherness.htm">Unity and Togetherness</a></b><br>The journey to Egypt required unity among Jacob's family. Foster unity and support within your family and community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_46.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 46</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_jacob's_family_in_egypt.htm">What archaeological or historical records support, or conflict with, the notion of Jacob’s large family settling in Egypt (Genesis 46)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_genesis_46's_genealogy.htm">How do skeptics address potential inconsistencies between Genesis 46 and other Old Testament genealogies regarding the descendants of Jacob?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_little_evidence_of_joseph's_move.htm">If Joseph’s family migrated so readily to Egypt, why is there scant extrabiblical evidence of such an Israelite relocation (Genesis 45:9–11)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_genesis_46_8-27_total_70.htm">How does Genesis 46:8–27 reconcile the total of “70 persons” with other biblical passages that give different family counts? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/46.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">All the souls were threescore and six.</span>--This total is obtained by omitting Jacob, Joseph, and Joseph's two sons. If we include these, the whole number becomes threescore and ten, as in <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm" title="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.">Genesis 46:27</a>. In the LXX. the names of five grandsons are added to <a href="/genesis/46-20.htm" title="And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him.">Genesis 46:20</a>, and thus the total is made seventy-five, as quoted by St. Stephen in <a href="/acts/7-14.htm" title="Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, three score and fifteen souls.">Acts 7:14</a>.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/46.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 26, 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">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; 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.</span> According to the LXX. the number of Joseph's sons was nine; and the number of those who came with Jacob into Egypt seventy five, a number adopted by Stephen (<a href="/acts/7-14.htm">Acts 7:14</a>). The apparent confusion in these different numbers, sixty-six, seventy, seventy- five, will disappear if it be observed that the first takes no account of Jacob, Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, while they are as palpably included in the second computation, and that Stephen simply adds to the seventy of ver. 27 the five grandsons of Joseph who are mentioned in the Septuagint version, from which he quoted, or to the sixty-six of ver. 26 the nine mentioned above, consisting of Jacob, Joseph, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Joseph's five grandsons, thus making seventy five in all. There is thus no irreconcilable contradiction between the Hebrew historian and the Christian orator. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/46-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">All those</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">belonging to Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">לְיַעֲקֹ֤ב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who came</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבָּאָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Egypt—</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ray·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his direct descendants,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹצְאֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ṣə·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">besides</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלְּבַ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lə·ḇaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_905.htm">Strong's 905: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wives</span><br /><span class="heb">נְשֵׁ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(nə·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jacob’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sons—</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[numbered] sixty-six</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁשִּׁ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(šiš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8346.htm">Strong's 8346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sixty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">persons.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֠נֶּפֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">OT Law: Genesis 46:26 All the souls who came with Jacob (Gen. 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