Exodus 1:5
5 And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.
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5 And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 1:5
Commentary on Exodus 1:1-7
(Read Exodus 1:1-7)
During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of years, though under cruel bondage, they became a large nation. This wonderful increase was according to the promise long before made unto the fathers. Though the performance of God's promises is sometimes slow, it is always sure.