$\sigma$-compact subgroups generated by union of countably many $\sigma$-compact subgroups

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I see a proposition which states

The union of countably many open $\sigma$-compact subgroups generates an open $\sigma$-compact subgroup.

The proof in the text is summarized as

The union of countably many open $\sigma$-compact subgroups can be denoted by $(K_{n,j})_{n,j\in\mathbb{N}}$ where $K_{n,j}$ is a compact subset and $\cup_{j\in\mathbb{N}}K_{n,j}$ is an open $\sigma$-compact subgroup. Then the group $G$ generated by the family $(K_{n,j})_{n,j\in\mathbb{N}}$ is therefore $\sigma$-compact.

I guess I don't understand how the $\sigma$-compactness comes. In my opinion, the generated $G$ is just the union of multiplications of finitely many elements of the family $(K_{n,j})_{n,j\in\mathbb{N}}$ and their inverses. I see the multiplication of compact subsets is compact. However,

the family is of size $\aleph_0$, so the number of subsets of the family is $2^{\aleph_0}$ which is uncountable, i.e., the union of those multiplications is a uncountable one, how could we say it is a countable union ?

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There are $2^{\aleph_0}$ subsets of the family, but there are only $\aleph_0$ finite subsets of the family. Every element of $G$ is a finite product of points in elements in the family and their inverses, so you only care about finite subsets (or really, finite sequences, since the order may matter).