⁵ Then Jacob left Beersheba,^(A) and Israel’s^(B) sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts^(C) that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. ⁶ So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,^(D) taking with them their livestock and the possessions^(E) they had acquired^(F) in Canaan. ⁷ Jacob brought with him to Egypt^(G) his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.^(H)

⁵ The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy^[a] in all;^(A) Joseph was already in Egypt.

²² Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,^(A) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.^(B)