Genesis 46:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֥י יוֹסֵ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־יֻלַּד־ל֥וֹ בְמִצְרַ֖יִם נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׁנָ֑יִם כָּל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ לְבֵֽית־יַעֲקֹ֛ב הַבָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָה שִׁבְעִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-sons-of Yôsēp̄ who-yullaḏ-to-him in-Miṣrayim nepeš two; all-the-nepeš to-house-of-Yaʿăqōḇ the-coming Miṣrayĕmâ seventy.

Grammar Details

*Yôsēp̄*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Joseph'
*yullaḏ*: pual perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'were born'
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun, place name - 'Egypt'
*nepeš*: common noun, feminine singular - 'soul/person'
*Yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Jacob'
*Miṣrayĕmâ*: proper noun with directional heh - 'to Egypt'

Word Meanings

*yullaḏ*: were born/were begotten
*nepeš*: soul/person/individual

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 7:14 : 14 And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Deut 10:22 : 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Exod 1:5 : 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Exod 24:1 : 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:

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Gen 46:25-26
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25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
Exod 1:4-6
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4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.
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Acts 7:13-15
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13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
14And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
Gen 46:22
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Gen 46:6-7
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6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
Gen 46:18-20
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18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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Gen 50:8
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8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
Num 26:28
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28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Gen 50:22
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22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
Gen 47:27-28
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27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.
Gen 46:28
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28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Gen 46:15
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15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
Gen 37:2
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2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.
Gen 41:50
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50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.
Gen 50:3
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Exod 1:1
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Gen 50:26
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Gen 46:31
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5And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
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27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
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