Genesis 46:26

What does Genesis 46:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 46:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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 <FI>are<Fi> sixty and six.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

v.26This passage

v.27and 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 8:30

    And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

  • Exodus 1:5

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

  • Genesis 35:11

    And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

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