Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
This is strictly according to Genesis 46:27 and Exodus 1:5, as rendered in the Septuagint, which Stephen follows. The Hebrew text of both passages makes the number "seventy." Probably five are included in the one reckoning which are excluded in the latter; though which five is not quite agreed on.