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Genesis 46

Genesis 46:26

Those Who Went to Egypt · Genesis 46:7–27
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Translations

Modern
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
Traditional
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
Literal
All the souls—the ones coming to Jacob, to Egypt, the ones coming out of his thigh, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob—were sixty and six souls in all.
Latin
Cunctæ animæ, quæ ingressæ sunt cum Jacob in Ægyptum, et egressæ sunt de femore illius, absque uxoribus filiorum ejus, sexaginta sex.

Original

Hebrew
English
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.

Notes

Genesis 46:26

numbered sixty-six persons: This includes those who traveled with Jacob to Egypt. But it does not include his sons' wives, the servants, or others in the household. It also does not include Joseph, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Jacob.

Genesis 46:8–27

This family history of Jacob's sons shows that all the tribes of Israel went to Egypt together. They would also leave together (see the book of Exodus).

Genesis 45:16–47:12

This section marks a transition as the family moved from Canaan to Goshen, where they would live for the next 400years.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Blessing Symbolic Numbers

Parallels

Exodus 1:1–7

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of Exodus Family Life and Relations Famine Genealogy Genesis, Book of Goshen Household Jacob Loins Patriarchs, Period of the Remnant

Topics

Israel: Number of, Who Went Into Egypt Jacob: Descendants of Jacob: The List of his Children and Grandchildren Who Went Down Into Egypt