1:1. Now] Literally “And,” indicating a close connection with the preceding narrative. This chapter in fact contains a fulfilment of the predictions recorded in Gen. 46:3, and in Gen. 15:13. every man and his household] It may be inferred from various notices that the total number of dependents was considerable, a point of importance in its bearings upon the history of the Exodus (cp. Gen. 13:6, 14:14). 5. seventy] See Gen. 46:27. The object of the writer in this introductory statement