1)
?be?Shiv?im Nefesh Yardu Avoseicha Mitztraymah?. How will we reconcile this with the fact that the Torah in Bereishis 46:9- 47 lists only sixty-nine?
1.
R. Bachye #1 (citing Bereishis Rabah) and Targum Yonasan (on Bereishis 46:27): The seventieth person was Yocheved wo was born as they entered Egypt.
2.
R. Bachye #2 (citing Bereishis Rabah): The seventieth person was Serach the daughter of Asher. 1
1
As she herself testified in Shmuel 2, 20:19 ?Anochi Sh?lumei Emunei Yisrael?.See R, Bachye.
2
R. Bachye: As He told Ya?akov in Bereishis 46:4 ?Anochi Eired Imcha Mitzraymah?.
3
In fact, He also made-up the six hundred thousand ?person? who left Egypt. See R. Bachye.
