Note 4 at Ac 7:14: In Ge 46:26, it is stated that sixty-six males went with Jacob into Egypt. This number excludes Jacob himself, and Joseph and his two sons who were already in Egypt. Therefore, adding these four, Ge 46:27 brings the total male Israelites who went into Egypt to seventy (De 10:22). That makes Stephen's count five more than the count of Ge 46:27.

It is probable that Stephen was quoting from the Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures) that added the four sons of Manasseh and Ephraim and one grandson of Manasseh (Nu 26:29 and 35) to the list of Ge 46:26. Therefore, excluding Ephraim's sons and Manasseh's son and grandson, there were seventy male Israelites, and including them, seventy-five.