Acts 7:15

And Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And Joseph sent and called to him his father Jacob, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

16and they were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for its value in silver, from the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped on 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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