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.
