Acts 7:15

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

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 During their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph's family.

14 Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives—seventy-five in all—and invited them to live with him.

15 So 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 purchased for a certain sum of money from Hamor's children, who lived in Shechem.

17 “When it was time for God to keep the promise he made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly expanded.