Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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Bible References

Threescore and ten

Genesis 46:15
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Acts 7:14
Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

General references

Numbers 1:40
Of the sons of Asher, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

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