Genesis 46:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The children of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

Exodus 1:1

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:

Exodus 1:5

The total number of people born to Jacob was seventy. (Joseph was already in Egypt.)

Exodus 24:1

Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance.

Acts 7:14

Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five in all;

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.

Deuteronomy 26:5

you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.