Exodus 1:5

Exodus 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).

Context of Exodus 1:5

3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that descended from Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already . 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Exodus 1:5 word by word

וַֽיְהִ֗י כָּל־נֶ֛פֶשׁ יֹצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹ֖ב שִׁבְעִ֣ים נָ֑פֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הָיָ֥ה בְמִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• descendedיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: produceH3318
• fromיָרֵךְyârêk · thighH3409
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Exodus 1:5

• Genesis 46:26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty and six;
• Judges 8:30And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
• Exodus 1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
• Deuteronomy 10:22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Commentaries on Exodus 1:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Seventy - See Genesis 46:27. The object of the writer in this introductory statement is to give a complete list of the heads of separate families at the time of their settlement in Egypt. See the note at Numbers 26:5.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5seventy: The number 75 in the ancient Greek version and the Dead Sea Scrolls might include the five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (Numbers 26:29, 35). His jealous brothers sold Joseph, Jacob’s eleventh son, into Egyptian slavery (Genesis 37:18–28). God did good for his people even though Joseph’s brothers sinned. When Joseph was in Egypt, God used him to save the chosen people during a severe famine. Without Joseph, the famine could have destroyed them…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1. Now these are the names--(See Ge 46:8-26).Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 1:5

• Genealogy
• Israel
• Jacob

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Commentaries on Exodus 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings