Acts 7:15

15 And Jacob went down to Egypt and died, he 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 And on the second [visit] Joseph was made known to his brothers, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.

14 So Joseph sent [and] summoned his father Jacob and all [his] relatives, seventy-five persons in [all].

15 And Jacob went down to Egypt and died, he and our fathers.

16 And they were brought back to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

17 "But as the time of the promise that God had made to Abraham was drawing near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt