King James Version
Exodus 1:5 in the King James Version says “And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. loins: Heb. t...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. loins: Heb. thigh”
Exodus 1:5 · KJV
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. loins: Heb. thigh
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all the souls”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“that came out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“of the loins”
H3409the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
“And all the souls”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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