Genèse 46:27

27 Et les fils de Joseph, qui lui étaient nés en Égypte, étaient deux personnes. Toutes les personnes de la maison de Jacob, qui vinrent en Égypte, étaient soixante et dix.

Genèse 46:27 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:27

And the sons of Joseph, which were born in Egypt, [were] two
souls
Ephraim and Manasseh; which is observed to show that they do not come into the above reckoning, but are to be taken into another that follows: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were]
threescore and ten;
here it may be observed, the phrase is varied; it is not said, "all the souls which came out of the loins of Jacob", but "all the souls of the house" or family of Jacob; all that that consisted of, and takes in Jacob himself, the head of his house or family; nor is it said, "which came with Jacob into Egypt", as before, but "which came into Egypt"; not which came with him thither, but yet were there by some means or another, as Joseph and his two sons; Joseph by being brought down, and sold there, and his two sons by being born there; if therefore Jacob, Joseph, and his two sons, are added to the above number of sixty six, it will make seventy; as for the account of Stephen, making the number seventy five, (See Gill on Acts 7:14).

Genèse 46:27 In-Context

25 Voilà les fils de Bilha, que Laban avait donnée à Rachel, sa fille, et elle les enfanta à Jacob; en tout sept personnes.

26 Toutes les personnes appartenant à Jacob et nées de lui, qui vinrent en Égypte (sans les femmes des fils de Jacob), étaient en tout soixante-six.

27 Et les fils de Joseph, qui lui étaient nés en Égypte, étaient deux personnes. Toutes les personnes de la maison de Jacob, qui vinrent en Égypte, étaient soixante et dix.

28 Or, Jacob envoya Juda devant lui vers Joseph, pour qu'il lui montrât la route de Gossen. Ils vinrent donc au pays de Gossen.

29 Et Joseph attela son chariot, et monta à la rencontre d'Israël son père vers Gossen; et il se fit voir à lui, et se jeta à son cou, et pleura longtemps sur son cou.