All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.
Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.
So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.
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