Cassiodorus : Scripture often substitutes "souls" for men, as in Exodus: "There went down to Egypt seventy-five souls." The whole man is to be understood from his better part. — EXPOSITION OF THE Psalms 33.23 Cassiodorus : The expression "their souls" must be interpreted as meaning the men whom he is known to have slain in that calamity. The words of Exodus attest that the soul stands for the whole person, as we have said: "So all the souls that came out of Jacob's thigh were seventy." This expression is the result of the figure of synecdoche, which signifies the whole from the part. — EXPOSITION OF THE Psalms 77.50 Cassiodorus : Joseph means "increase"; the interpretation of this name is testimony to the Hebrew people who came out of the land of Egypt in increased numbers. — EXPOSITION OF THE Psalms 80:6