Acts 7:15

And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he and our fathers died there.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And Joseph sending, called to him Jacob his father, and all the family, seventy-five souls.

16And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each one of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, on the hilt 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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