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)

²² Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,^(A) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.^(B)