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Exodus 1:3-5
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Exodus 1:3-5
Contemporary English Version
The People of Israel Suffer
1 1-5 (A) When Jacob went to Egypt, his son Joseph was already there. So Jacob took his eleven other sons and their families. They were: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Altogether, Jacob had 70 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren[a] who went with him.
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- 1.1-5 70 children … great-grandchildren: See Genesis 46.8-27.
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