Do you find any room for females in the 70?
hate to be a pain and all, but.
wives don't count.
quote:
Genesis 46:26-27
All the persons belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt -- his own issue, aside from the wives of Jacob's sons -- all these persons numbered 66. And Joseph's sons who were born to him in Egypt were two in number. Thus the total of Jacob's household who came to egypt was 70 persons.
it doesn't say the women didn't come. the wives just weren't regarded as important, as they weren't descendants of jacob.
here's one of your problems:
18. Er,
19. Onan,
quote:
Genesis 46:12
-- but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan;
they didn't come. the 33 contains jacob, and
dinah. granted. you can get to 33 your way, so it's debatable. except that there is proof that some women are counted:
34. Gad
35. Zephon
36. Haggi
37. Shuni,
38. Ezbon
39. Eri
40. Arodi
41. Areli.
42. Asher
43. Imnah,
44. Ishvah,
45. Ishvi
46. Beriah
47. Heber
48. Malkiel.
18 These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leahsixteen in all.
count 'em again. you have FIFTEEN. not sixteen. so you forgot someone. and that someone is serah, who was a woman. that puts your total at 71.
and just to be extra sure that +1 variance is not jacob himself, they gave us an intermediate count: 66 who came to egypt from jacob's household. the three of the four who were not counted in that were joseph and his two sons. the fourth has to be jacob, so jacob is counted.
so the 70 has to count dinah and serah, who were women, and NOT er and onan, who were dead.
i wouldn't have noticed this, of course, had i not just made a
very similar list.
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