Acts 7:15

And Ya'akov Avinu went down to Mitzrayim (Egypt) and he died, as did Avoteinu. + 7:15 Gn 46:5-7; 49:33; Ex 1:6

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And having sent, Yosef summoned Ya'akov his Abba and all his mishpochah, SHIVIM + 7:14 Gn 46:27 (Seventy) nefashot (souls). + 7:14 Gn 45:9,10; 46:26,27; Ex 1:5; Dt 10:22

16And they were brought back to Shechem and were placed in the kever (tomb) which Avraham bought for a sum of silver from the banim of Chamor in Shechem. + 7:16 Gn 23:16-20; 33:18,19; 50:13; Josh 24:32

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Cross References

Genesis 49:33And when Ya'akov had made an end of commanding his banim, he gathered up his raglayim into the mittah, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.

Numbers 20:15How Avoteinu went down into Mitzrayim, and we have dwelt in Mitzrayim a long time; and the Egyptians did evil to us, and Avoteinu;

Deuteronomy 26:5And thou shalt speak and say before Hashem Eloheicha, An Aramean ready to perish was Avi, and he went down into Mitzrayim, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous;

Hebrews 11:21By Emunah Ya'akov, as he was dying, gave a bracha to each of the banim of Yosef and V'YISHTAKHU YISROEL + 11:21 Gn 47:31 (And Yisroel worshiped).

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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