Genesis 46:26

The Passion 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

When Jacob found out, he said to Simeon and Levi, “What have you done? You have ruined my name, and now the Canaanites and Perizzites and all the people of this land will hate me! My men are so few that if they unite against me and attack, I and all my household will be destroyed!”

Genesis 35:11

and said to him, “I am the God who is more than enough. Go and have many children, and they will multiply. A nation and a gathering of many nations will come from you; and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Acts 7:14

“Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and his entire family, a total of seventy-five people, to come and reside in Egypt.

Judges 8:30

Because he had many wives, Gideon fathered seventy sons.