Deuteronomy 1:10
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10 The Lord, your God, has made you numerous, and now you are as numerous as the stars of the heavens.(A)
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Genesis 46:8-27
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8 These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his children, who came to Egypt.
Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn,(A) 9 [a]and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.(B) 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, son of a Canaanite woman.(C) 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.(D) 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah—but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.(E) 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.(F) 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.(G) 15 These were the sons whom Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, along with his daughter Dinah—thirty-three persons in all, sons and daughters.
16 The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, and Areli.(H) 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.(I) 18 These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah; these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons in all.
19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 In the land of Egypt Joseph became the father of Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.(J) 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ahiram, Shupham, Hupham, and Ard.(K) 22 These are the sons whom Rachel bore to Jacob—fourteen persons in all.
23 The sons of Dan: Hushim.(L) 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.(M) 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel; these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all.
26 Jacob’s people who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, not counting the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons in all.(N) 27 Together with Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt—two persons—all the people comprising the household of Jacob who had come to Egypt amounted to seventy persons[b] in all.(O)
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- 46:9–27 This genealogical list is based on the clan lists (Nm 26:5–50) from the Mosaic period.
- 46:27 Seventy persons: it is difficult to get this exact number by adding up the persons mentioned in the preceding genealogies. One might assume it refers to Jacob and sixty-nine descendants, excluding Er and Onan but including Dinah. Ex 1:5 repeats the number but excludes Jacob. Dt 10:22 refers to seventy persons descending to Egypt. The best solution is to take the number as expressing totality. Since there are seventy nations in chap. 10, it is likely that the text is drawing a parallel between the two entities and suggesting that Israel “represents” the nations before God.
Exodus 1:5
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5 The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants[a] was seventy.(A) Joseph was already in Egypt.
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- 1:5 Direct descendants: lit., “persons coming from Jacob’s loins”; hence, wives of Jacob’s sons and servants are not included. Cf. Gn 46:26. Seventy: Gn 46:26, along with the Septuagint for the verse, agrees on a total of sixty-six coming down to Egypt with Jacob, but in v. 27 the Hebrew text adds the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt and presupposes Jacob himself and Joseph for a total of seventy; the Septuagint adds “nine sons” born to Joseph to get a total of seventy-five. This is the figure the Septuagint and 4QExa have here in Ex 1:5.
Acts 7:14
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14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob, inviting him and his whole clan, seventy-five persons;(A)
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