Genesis 46:27

New International Reader's Version

The total number of the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt was 70. That includes the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me. Now I’m like a very bad smell to the Canaanites and Perizzites who live in this land. There aren’t many of us. They may join together against me and attack me. Then I and my family will be destroyed.”

Exodus 1:1

Here are the names of Israel’s children who went to Egypt with Jacob. Each one went with his family.

Exodus 1:5

The total number of Jacob’s children and grandchildren was 70. Joseph was already in Egypt.

Exodus 24:1

The Lord said to Moses, “You and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel must come to worship the Lord. Do not come close when you worship.

Acts 7:14

After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family. The total number of people was 75.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you will speak while the Lord is listening. You will say, “My father Jacob was a wanderer from the land of Aram. He went down into Egypt with a few people. He lived there and became the father of a great nation. It had huge numbers of people.