Acts 7:14
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
- KJV
- Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- WEB
- Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
- ASV
- And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- DARBY
- And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls.
- BLB
- And Joseph, having sent, called for his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls in all.
- ÅB
- Da sendte Josef bud og kalte til seg sin far Jakob og hele sin slekt, fem og sytti sjeler.
- OTB
- Josef sendte da bud etter sin far Jakob og alle sine slektninger, i alt syttifem.
- B1930
- Da sendte Josef bud og kalte til sig sin far Jakob og hele sin slekt, fem og sytti sjeler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 46:26–27
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Read in contextExodus 1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
Read in contextGenesis 45:9–11
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:5–6
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
Read in contextPsalms 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Read in contextGenesis 46:12
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
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