And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already].
Ver. 5. And all the souls.] That is, persons; for souls are not begotten, but infused, being divinae particulae aurae. Ecc 12:7 Aristotle himself saw and acknowledged as much. a
Were seventy souls.] More worth than the seventy nations of the whole world, say the Jews: God reckons of men by their righteousness.
a λειπεται, τον νουν μονον θυραθεν επειστεναι και θειον ειναι. - De Gene. Ar., lib. ii. cap. 9.