Exodus 1:5

“And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Exodus 1:5

And all the soules that came out of the loynes of Iacob, were seuentie soules: for Ioseph was in Egypt already.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

All the persons who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy in number, but Joseph was {already} in Egypt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.
- American Standard Version (1901)

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.
- Basic English Bible

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.
- Darby Bible

And all the souls that came out of Jacob's thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.
- English Revised Version

All the souls who came out of Jacob's body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Exodus 1:5

Wesley's Notes for Exodus 1:5


1:5 Seventy souls - According to the computation we had, #Gen 46:27|, including Joseph and his two sons. This was just the number of the nations by which the earth was peopled, #Gen 10:1 |- 32, for when God separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel, #De 32:8|.


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