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Selected Verse: Genesis 46:26 - Basic English
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 46:26 |
Basic English |
All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons. |
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King James |
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; |
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| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
All the souls
(Cf) (Gen 46:27). A discrepancy has been imagined. The "souls" that came with Jacob" were 66. The "souls of the house of Jacob" (Gen 46:27) that is, The entire Jacobean family) were 70, namely, The 66 which came with Jacob, Joseph and his two sons, already in Egypt = 69; Jacob himself = 70.
(See Scofield) - (Act 7:14). |
14 Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.
27 And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.
27 And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.