Exodus 1:5

Good News Translation

The total number of these people directly descended from Jacob was seventy. His son Joseph was already in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 50:22

Joseph continued to live in Egypt with his father's family; he was a hundred and ten years old when he died.

Exodus 1:20

Because the midwives were God-fearing, God was good to them and gave them families of their own. And the Israelites continued to increase and become strong.

Exodus 1:4

Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Acts 7:14

So Joseph sent a message to his father Jacob, telling him and the whole family, seventy-five people in all, to come to Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Judges 8:30

He had seventy sons, because he had many wives.