Genesis 46:26
Exodus 1:5
The total number of Jacob’s descendants
Genesis 35:11
God also said to him:
Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,
and kings will descend from you.
Judges 8:30
Gideon had 70 sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.
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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;
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Genesis 35:11
God also said to him:
I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,
and kings will descend from you.
Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,
and kings will descend from you.
Exodus 1:5
The total number of Jacob’s descendants was 70; Joseph was already in Egypt.
Judges 8:30
Gideon had 70 sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.
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Hebrews 7:10
for he was still within his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.