Genesis 46:26

New English Translation

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.)

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land – among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!”

Genesis 35:11

Then God said to him, “I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation – even a company of nations – will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

Exodus 1:1

These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt – each man with his household entered with Jacob:

Exodus 1:5

All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,

Acts 7:14

So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Judges 8:30

Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.