Genesis 46:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt–who were his own offspring, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons–were sixty-six persons all told.

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Common English Bible

All of the persons going to Egypt with Jacob—his own children, excluding Jacob’s sons’ wives—totaled 66 persons.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

Genesis 46:26 Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.

Exodus 1:1

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:

Exodus 1:5

The total number of people born to Jacob was seventy. (Joseph was already in Egypt.)

Acts 7:14

Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five in all;

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.

Judges 8:30

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.