Genesis 46:27

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.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

When they had boldly completed these acts, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: "You have troubled me, and you have made me hateful to the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few. They, gathering themselves together, may strike me down, and then both I and my house will be wiped away."

Exodus 1:1

These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob. They entered, each one with his house:

Exodus 1:5

Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob's thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.

Exodus 24:1

He also said to Moses: "Ascend to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders out of Israel, and adore from a distance.

Acts 7:14

Then Joseph sent for and brought his father Jacob, with all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

Deuteronomy 10:22

As seventy souls, your fathers descended into Egypt. And now, behold, the Lord your God has multiplied you to be like the stars of heaven."

Deuteronomy 26:5

And you shall say, in the sight of the Lord your God: 'The Syrian pursued my father, who descended into Egypt, and he sojourned there in a very small number, and he increased into a great and strong nation and into an innumerable multitude.