Acts 7:14

Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kindred, euen threescore and fifteene soules.

Geneva Bible 1599

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, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kindred was made knowen vnto Pharao.

15So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and our fathers,

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Cross References

Genesis 45:9Haste you and go vp to my father, and tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.

Genesis 46:26Al the soules, that came with Iaakob into Egypt, which came out of his loynes (beside Iaakobs sonnes wiues) were in the whole, three score and sixe soules.

Deuteronomy 10:22Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude.

Psalms 105:23Then Israel came to Egypt, and Iaakob was a stranger 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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