Acts 7:15

15 and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers,

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 their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's parentage.

14 Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his family, numbering seventy-five persons, to come to him,

15 and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers,

16 and they were taken to Shechem and were laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of money paid in silver.

17 "But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt,