Acts 7:15
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
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.
17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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
- So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
- KJV
- So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
- WEB
- Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
- ASV
- And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
- DARBY
- And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
- BLB
- And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died—he and our fathers,
- ÅB
- Så dro Jakob ned til Egypt, og han døde, han og våre fedre,
- OTB
- Jakob dro ned til Egypt, hvor han og våre forfedre døde.
- B1930
- Så drog Jakob ned til Egypten, og han døde, han og våre fedre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 49:33
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Read in contextExodus 1:6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Read in contextGenesis 46:3–7
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
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 contextJoshua 24:4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Read in contextNumbers 20:15
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Read in contextHebrews 11:21–22
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 26:5
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
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