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

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:5 Lit. who came from the loins of
  2. Exodus 1:5 DSS, LXX seventy-five; cf. Acts 7:14

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy[a] in all;(A) Joseph was already in Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:5 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

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

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The Seventy Elders

16 So the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to Me (A)seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and (B)officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you.

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16 The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders(A) who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people.(B) Have them come to the tent of meeting,(C) that they may stand there with you.

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16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

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