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NASB | 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 7:14 "Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all. [Gen 45:9, 10] |
Bible Question: In Gen.46:27, the number is 70, why? |
Bible Answer: This is not a contradtiction. Genesis 46:26 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; [Here he lists 66 that came into Egypt becuase Judah was sent before him] Genesis 46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. Genesis 46:27 Genesis 46:27 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. Exodus 1:1-5 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. So the seventy are not including Joseph and family which were in Egypt already. Joseph his wife, his two sons make 74.. I still do not have 75 but maybe I missed something like Judah who went before? Not sure, I will have to rework it later. It is there, there are no contradictions in scripture and not mistakes, only mistakes are with the readers. :) |