Genesis 46:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 46:26

24 ^aThe sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

25 ^aThese were the sons of Bilhah, ^bwhom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all.

26 ^aAll the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, ^bbesides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.

27 And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. ^aAll the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

Jacob Settles in Goshen

28 Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, ^ato point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came ^bto the land of Goshen.

29 So Joseph made ready his ^achariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and ^bfell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 46:26

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American Standard Version
All 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;

Amplified® Bible
All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt--who were his own offspring, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons--were sixty-six persons all told.

Contemporary English Version
Sixty-six members of Jacob's family went to Egypt with him, not counting his daughters-in-law.

Darby English Version
All the souls that came with Jacob to Egypt, that had come out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives: all the souls were sixty-six.

Good News Bible
The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons' wives.

King James Version
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

New American Standard Bible
All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, {were} sixty-six persons in all,

New International Version
All those who went to Egypt with Jacob—those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons' wives—numbered sixty-six persons.

New King James Version
All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, numbered sixty-six persons in all,

Revised Standard Version
All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own offspring, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all;

Young's Literal Translation
All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons `are' sixty and six.

New English Translation
All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob’s sons.)¹

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