Genesis 46:27

46:27 Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

Genesis 50:3

50:3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.


tn The LXX reads “nine sons,” probably counting the grandsons of Joseph born to Ephraim and Manasseh (cf. 1 Chr 7:14-20).

tn Heb “And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people; all the people belonging to the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.”

tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”

tn Heb “wept.”

sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.