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.

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Israel and Oppression in Egypt

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, they each came with his family:[a] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And all those who descended from Jacob[b] were seventy individuals,[c] and Joseph was in Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:1 Literally “house”
  2. Exodus 1:5 Literally “every soul/individual/life, the ones going out from the loins of Jacob”
  3. Exodus 1:5 Or “souls,” “lives”