Acts 7:14

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

Acts 7:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
ESV
14 And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
NLT
14 Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and all his relatives to come to Egypt, seventy-five persons in all.
MSG
14 Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all.
CSB
14 Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,

Acts 7:14 In-Context

12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.
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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Genesis 45:9,10
  • 2. Genesis 46:26,27; Exodus 1:5; Deuteronomy 10:22
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