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26 Sixty-six members of Jacob's family went to Egypt with him, not counting his daughters-in-law. 27 (A) Jacob's two grandsons who were born there made it a total of 70 members of Jacob's family in Egypt.

28 Jacob had sent his son Judah ahead of him to ask Joseph to meet them in Goshen.

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26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob—those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons’ wives—numbered sixty-six persons.(A) 27 With the two sons[a] who had been born to Joseph in Egypt,(B) the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy[b] in all.(C)

28 Now Jacob sent Judah(D) ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.(E) When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:27 Hebrew; Septuagint the nine children
  2. Genesis 46:27 Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five