Acts 7:15

15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

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Acts 7:15 in Other Translations

KJV

15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

ESV

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

NLT

15 So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors.

MSG

15 That's how the Jacob family got to Egypt.

CSB

15 and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our forefathers died there,

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Acts 7:15 In-Context

13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.

14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.

15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.

17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.

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1. Genesis 46:5-7; Genesis 49:33; Exodus 1:6

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