Acts 7:14

And Joseph, sending forth, called for Jacob his father, and all the kindred, consisting of seventy-five souls;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, the second time, Joseph was made known unto his brethren, and, the race of Joseph was made, manifest, unto Pharaoh.

15And Jacob went down [into Egypt]. And he died, he, and our fathers;

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Cross References

Genesis 45:9Haste ye and go up unto my father, then shall ye say unto him—Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath appointed me lord to all Egypt,—come down unto me do not delay;

Genesis 46:26All the souls that came in with Jacob to Egypt that had come forth of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives,—all the souls, were sixty-six;

Deuteronomy 10:22As seventy souls, went thy fathers down to Egypt,—and, now, Yahweh thy God hath made thee like the stars of the heavens for multitude.

Psalms 105:23So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, 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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