8-27. all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten--Strictly speaking, there were only sixty-six went to Egypt; but to these add Joseph and his two sons, and Jacob the head of the clan, and the whole number amounts to seventy. In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.
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Outline
1 Jacob Is comforted by God at Beersheba.
5 Jacob with his household go down into Egypt
8 The number of his family that went Into Egypt
28 Joseph meets Jacob
31 Joseph instructs his brethren how to answer to Pharaoh
Map of the Journeys of Abraham
The Journeys of Abram and Lot
Quick Reference Map
Map of the Nile River and Egypt
Ancient Customs
Wept upon his neck
Cattle
Occupation
EYES CLOSED
HATRED OF SHEPHERDS
Ancient People
Jacob, Joseph, brothers, their families, Pharaoh
Jacob and all his seed
Egyptians
Hebrews
Geography
Egypt
The land of Canaan
The land of Goshen
The Old Testament
Genesis Resources
Creation
Adam and Eve
The
Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob
and the 12 Tribes
Joseph
and Egypt