Bibliorum

Genesis 47:20

²⁰ So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's.

Commentarius

Seventy

In Genesis 4:24 and Matthew 18:22, this signifies what is most holy. Seventy times seven signifies always, without counting. (Apocalypse Explained 257[4])

In Daniel 9:24, seventy also signifies what is complete from beginning to end. (Apocalypse Explained 684[34])