²⁶ and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.

²⁷ And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. ^(A)All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

⁵ All those ^[a]who were descendants of Jacob were ^(A)seventy^[b] persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).

²² Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.

⁵ And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was ^(A)a ^[a]Syrian, ^(B)about to perish, and ^(C)he went down to Egypt and ^[b]dwelt there, ^(D)few in number; and there he became a nation, ^(E)great, mighty, and populous.