Exodus 1:5

5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy^[a] in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.

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Exodus 1:5 in Other Translations

KJV

5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

ESV

5 All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.

NLT

5 In all, Jacob had seventy descendants in Egypt, including Joseph, who was already there.

MSG

5 Seventy persons in all generated by Jacob's seed. Joseph was already in Egypt.

CSB

5 The total number of Jacob's descendants was 70; Joseph was already in Egypt.

Exodus 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 1:5

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were
seventy souls
"Souls" are put for persons; of the number seventy, and how reckoned, (See Gill on Genesis 46:27). This was but a small number that went down to Egypt, when compared with that which went out of it; and that it should be compared with it is the design of its being mentioned, see ( Exodus 12:37 ) :

for Joseph was in Egypt already;
and is the reason why he is not reckoned among the sons of Jacob, that came thither with him; though rather it may be better rendered, "with Joseph who was in Egypt" ^F3; for he must be reckoned, and indeed his two sons also, to make up the number seventy; therefore Jonathan rightly supplies it,

``with Joseph and his sons who were in Egypt,''

(See Gill on Genesis 46:27).

FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Poyw) "cum Josepho qui erat in Aegypto", Junius & Tremellius, Ainsworth, Noldius, No. 1197. p. 273. so the Arabic version, Kimchi, and Ben Melech.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 1:5 In-Context

3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;

4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

Cross References 1

1. S Genesis 46:26

Footnotes 1

[a]. Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) "seventy-five"