ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 46:26
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Gen 46:26

46:26 sixty-six. The total of thirty-three (v. 15 and note), sixteen (v. 18), fourteen (v. 22), and seven (v. 25) comes to seventy. The figure of sixty-six persons probably reflects the omission of Er and Onan (v. 12) and Ephraim and Manasseh (vv. 20, 27).