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Genesis 46:27-29
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27 Counting the two sons[a] of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.[b]

28 Jacob[c] sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen.[d] So they came to the land of Goshen. 29 Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him,[e] he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

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  1. Genesis 46:27 tn The LXX reads “nine sons,” probably counting the grandsons of Joseph born to Ephraim and Manasseh (cf. 1 Chr 7:14-20).
  2. Genesis 46:27 tn Heb “And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people; all the people belonging to the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.”sn The number seventy includes Jacob himself and the seventy-one descendants (including Dinah, Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim) listed in vv. 8-25, minus Er and Onan (deceased). The LXX gives the number as “seventy-five” (cf. Acts 7:14).
  3. Genesis 46:28 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Genesis 46:28 tn Heb “to direct before him to Goshen.”
  5. Genesis 46:29 tn Heb “and he appeared to him.”
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