Genesis 46:27 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt [are] two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt [are] seventy.

English ASV

and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

English Amplified

And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Joseph and Jacob himself], who came into Egypt, were seventy.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Joseph and Jacob himself], who came into Egypt, were seventy.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And 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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons. All those of Jacob’s household who came to Egypt: seventy persons.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob that came to Egypt were seventy.

English EASY 2024

Joseph had two sons that were born in Egypt. So there were 70 people of Jacob's family who were there in Egypt.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Also, there were the two sons of Joseph. They had been born in Egypt. So there was a total of 70 people in Jacob's family in Egypt.

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.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing to seventy the total number of Jacob's family who went there.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Joseph also had two sons who had been born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy members of Jacob's family in the land of Egypt.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And Joseph's sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons. All those of Jacob's household who had come to Egypt: 70 persons.

English KJV 1611

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

English LSB

and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All those of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Together with Joseph's sons who were born to him in Egypt-- two persons-- all the people comprising Jacob's family who had come to Egypt amounted to seventy persons in all.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The total number of the members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt was 70. That includes the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt.

English NIV

With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.

English NKJ 1982

And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

English NLT

Joseph also had two sons who had been born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy members of Jacob's family in the land of Egypt.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The children 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.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing the total number of Jacob’s family who went there to seventy.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

With Joseph and his two sons included, this total of Jacob's household there in Egypt totaled seventy.

English Tyndale 1537

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt were: two souls. So that all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt are seventy.