Acts 7:14

and Joseph having sent, called for his father Jacob, and all his relatives—with seventy-five souls—

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

In Context

13and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became disclosed to Pharaoh,

15and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

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Cross References

Genesis 45:9Hurry, and go up to my father, then you have said to him, Thus said your son Joseph: God has set me for lord to all Egypt; come down to me, do not stay,

Genesis 46:26All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob’s sons, all the persons [are] sixty-six.

Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now your God YHWH has made you as [the] stars of the heavens for multitude.”

Psalms 105:23And Israel comes into Egypt, || And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.

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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