Genesis 46:26

Good News Translation

The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons' wives.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have gotten me into trouble; now the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and everybody else in the land will hate me. I do not have many men; if they all band together against me and attack me, our whole family will be destroyed.”

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, “I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Exodus 1:1

The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him, each with his family, were

Exodus 1:5

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

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.