Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
In Context
14Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to him , and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
Cross References
Genesis 49:33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his people.
Numbers 20:15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians afflicted us, and our fathers:
Deuteronomy 26:5And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down to Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top 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 →