Acts 7:15

Jacob traveled to Egypt, and died there—as did our forefathers.

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

In Context

14Joseph sent for his father and all his relatives—seventy-five in total.

16Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought with silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:33When Jacob finished giving these instructions he pulled up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his forefathers in death.

Numbers 20:15Our forefathers went to Egypt and we lived there for a long time. The Egyptians treated us and our forefathers badly,

Deuteronomy 26:5Then this is what you are to publicly declare before the Lord your God, “My father was an Aramean who moved from place to place. There were only a few of them when he and his family went to live in Egypt. But they became a large and powerful nation.

Hebrews 11:21Trusting in God, Jacob as he was dying blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped God, leaning on 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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