“All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt — his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons — numbered sixty-six persons.”
Genesis 46:26 (BSB)
Context Reading
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel — seven in all. 26All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt — his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons — numbered sixty-six persons. 27And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all. 28Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,