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All the souls who came out of the Jacob`s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
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God's Promise is Sure
Matthew Henry's commentary highlights a powerful contrast: for 200 years in freedom, Jacob's family grew to only 70 people. Yet, in the next 200 years under harsh slavery, they became a massive nation. This demonstrates that the fulfillment of God's promises, like the one made to Abraham, may seem slow, but it is always certain and can occur in the most unlikely circumstances.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Seventy - See Genesis 46:27. The object of the writer in this introductory statement is to give a complete list of the heads of separate fam…
19th Century
Anglican
All the souls ... were seventy souls. (). The number is made up as follows:
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls "Souls" are put for persons; of …
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During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down in…