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
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