All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.
And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.
And God said to him,“ I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.