Acts 7:15

And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he perished, he and our fathers.

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In The King James Version

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

In Context

14And Joseph having sent forth, he summoned Jacob his father. And all his kinfolk, in souls, were seventy-five.

16And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:33And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.

Numbers 20:15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time. And the Egyptians dealt ill with us and our fathers.

Deuteronomy 26:5And thou shall answer and say before LORD thy God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number. And he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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