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Allכָּלthe personsנֶפֶשׁwho came outיֹצְאֵיof the thighיֶרֶךְof Jacobיַעֲקֹבwereוַיְהִיseventyשִׁבְעִיםpersons;נָפֶשׁand Josephוְיוֹסֵףwasהָיָהin Egypt.בְמִצְרָיִם
Exodus 1:5
Study it in the app“All the persons who came out of the thigh of Jacob were seventy persons; and Joseph was in Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:5, word by word
- the personsנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- who came outיֹצְאֵיyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- of the thighיֶרֶךְyerech
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yerech” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- wereיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- and Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- in Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 · This verse (above)
6Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.