The Meaning of Exodus 1:5 Explained

Exodus 1:5

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

YLT: And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

Darby: And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

ASV: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

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What is the context of Exodus 1:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Exodus 1:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 1:1-14 - The Children Of Israel Afflicted

The buried seed began to bear an abundant harvest, notwithstanding the efforts of Pharaoh and his people. The kings of the earth take counsel together to thwart the divine purpose. They might as well seek to arrest the incoming tide. The days of persecution and opposition have always been the growing days of the Church.

The new king probably belonged to a great dynasty, intent on preventing the recurrence of shepherd domination. The first move of the new policy was to embitter Israel's existence by cruel bondage. The pictured walls of the Pyramids bear witness to sufferings inflicted on slaves of a Hebrew cast of face by taskmasters armed with whips. Pharaoh and his counselors had to learn that they were not only dealing with a subject nation, but with the Eternal God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 1

¹ The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, increase
⁸ The more they are oppressed by a new king, the more they multiply
¹⁵ The godliness of the midwives in saving the male children alive
²² Pharaoh commands the male children to be cast into the river

What do the individual words in Exodus 1:5 mean?

And were all the souls who were descendants of Jacob seventy souls for Joseph was [already] in Egypt

וַֽיְהִ֗י כָּל־ נֶ֛פֶשׁ יֹצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ־ יַעֲקֹ֖ב שִׁבְעִ֣ים נָ֑פֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הָיָ֥ה בְמִצְרָֽיִם

וַֽיְהִ֗י	And were
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
נֶ֛פֶשׁ	the souls
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
יֹצְאֵ֥י	who were
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
יֶֽרֶךְ־	descendants
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָרֵךְ Sense: thigh, side, loin, base.
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	of Jacob
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעֲקֹב Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.
שִׁבְעִ֣ים	seventy
Parse: Number, common plural Root: שִׁבְעִים Sense: seventy.
נָ֑פֶשׁ	souls
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
וְיוֹסֵ֖ף	for Joseph
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄוסֵף Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel.
בְמִצְרָֽיִם	[already] in Egypt
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.

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Similar Scriptures for Exodus 1:5

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