5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 1:5:1 ⧉וַֽיְהִ֗יvayehi{And} were Exodus 1:5:2 ⧉כָּל־נֶ֛פֶשׁkolnefeshall the persons Exodus 1:5:3 ⧉יֹצְאֵ֥יyotseeicoming out of Exodus 1:5:4 ⧉יֶֽרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹ֖בyerekhyaakovthe thigh of Jacob Exodus 1:5:5 ⧉שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimseventy Exodus 1:5:6 ⧉נָ֑פֶשׁnafeshpersons Exodus 1:5:7 ⧉וְיוֹסֵ֖ףveyosefand Joseph Exodus 1:5:8 ⧉הָיָ֥הhayawas Exodus 1:5:9 ⧉בְמִצְרָֽיִם׃vemitsrayimin Egypt |
5. Formal Translation All the persons who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt {Mitsrayim: Egypt, the Nile land}. |
5. Dynamic Translation There were seventy people in all who descended from Jacob’s family. Joseph, however, was already living in Egypt. |