a46:8-27
b46:20
c46:26
d46:27
e12:3

‏ Genesis 46:8-27

Summary for Gen 46:8-27: 46:8-27  a This genealogy of the sons of Jacob shows that all the tribes of Israel went together to the land of Egypt; they would all leave together as well (see the book of Exodus).
46:20  b On: See study note on 41:45.
46:26  c The total number ... was sixty-six: This is the number of those who traveled with Jacob to Egypt, excluding his sons’ wives, the servants, and others attached to the household. It also omits Joseph, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Jacob.
46:27  d The total seventy includes Joseph, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Jacob. Seventy is also a symbolic number for perfection or completion (see thematic note for Symbolic Numbers at end of chapter). From these seventy (i.e., all Israel) would grow the nation of Israel that would bless the seventy nations (i.e., all the nations) of the world (see study note on Gen 10:2-32; cp. 12:3  e).
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