Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 46:26

26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loyns , besides Jacobs sons wives, all these souls were threescore and six .

Heb. thigh, which is here put for the secret parts between the thighs, which are called sometimes the feet, as Gen. 49. 10. Deut. 28. 57. Ezek. 16. 25. for the like reason, because they are between the feet. From this Eastern manner of speech came that passage in the Greek fables concerning Ba[illegible: 1+ letters]hus being born out of Iupiters Thigh.

So many they are excluding Iacob, as the common Parent, and Ioseph and his two sons, as being in Egypt before Iacobs coming thither: which four being included they make up 70, as it is ver. 27.

Marginal references: Exod. 1. 5.; Heb. thigh.