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Exodus 1:2–6

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
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From verse 2

  1. Genesis 35:22Rank 1 from verse 2
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    22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

From verse 3

  1. Exodus 28:20Rank 1 from verse 3
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    20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

  2. Genesis 35:23Rank 2 from verse 3
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    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

From verse 5

  1. Deuteronomy 10:22Rank 1 from verse 5
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    22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

  2. Genesis 46:26–27Rank 2 from verse 5
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    26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

    27And 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.

  3. Judges 8:30Rank 3 from verse 5
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    30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

  4. Exodus 1:20Rank 4 from verse 5
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    20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

From verse 6

  1. Genesis 50:26Rank 1 from verse 6
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    26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

  2. Acts 7:14–16Rank 2 from verse 6
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    14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

    15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

    16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

  3. Genesis 50:24Rank 3 from verse 6
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    24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Exodus 1:2

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Levi

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Levi, a son of Jacob and ancestor of the tribe bearing his name.

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Exodus 1:4

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Gad

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Sense 1: The name of Jacob's son by Zilpah, and by extension the tribe descended from him, its people, and its allotted territory. Sense 2: The name of David's prophet and seer. Sense 3: An element in the place names Dibon-gad, Baal-gad, and Migdal-gad.

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Exodus 1:5

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Exodus 1:6

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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1:1NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

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1:3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

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1:4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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1:5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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1:6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

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