Exodus 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
Exodus 1:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 1:511 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
יֹצְאֵיyōṣəʾêGo
יֶרֶךְyereḵəThigh
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy
נָפֶשׁnāp̄ešSoul
וְיוֹסֵףwəywōsēp̄And Joseph
הָיָהhāyāhExist
בְמִצְרָיִםvəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim
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