Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, 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

14Joseph sent and summoned his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

16and they were transferred to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and worshiped, leaning 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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