Acts 7:15

15 Ya`akov went down into Mitzrayim, and he died, himself and our fathers,

Acts 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down into Egypt
At the invitation of his son Joseph:

and died, he, and our fathers;
both Jacob and his twelve sons died in Egypt, though we have no account of the death of any of them, but Jacob and Joseph, particularly; only in general, that Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation, ( Genesis 49:33 ) ( 50:26 ) ( Exodus 1:6 ) the Syriac version adds "there", that is, in Egypt.

Acts 7:15 In-Context

13 On the second time Yosef was made known to his brothers, and Yosef's race was revealed to Par`oh.

14 Yosef sent, and summoned Ya`akov, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

15 Ya`akov went down into Mitzrayim, and he died, himself and our fathers,

16 and they were brought back to Shekhem, and laid in the tomb that Avraham bought for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor of Shekhem.

17 "But as the time of the promise came close which God swore to Avraham, the people grew and multiplied in Mitzrayim,