Acts 7:15
New International Version
Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

New Living Translation
So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors.

English Standard Version
And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers,

Berean Standard Bible
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

Berean Literal Bible
And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

King James Bible
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

New King James Version
So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers.

New American Standard Bible
And Jacob went down to Egypt, and he and our fathers died there.

NASB 1995
“And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

NASB 1977
“And Jacob went down to Egypt and there passed away, he and our fathers.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

Amplified Bible
And Jacob (Israel) went down into Egypt, and there he died, as did our fathers;

Christian Standard Bible
and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,

American Standard Version
And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
( And Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, he and our fathers, )

Contemporary English Version
His father went to Egypt and died there, just as our ancestors did.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, and our fathers.

English Revised Version
And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself, and our fathers;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Jacob went to Egypt, and he and our ancestors died there.

Good News Translation
Then Jacob went to Egypt, where he and his sons died.

International Standard Version
So Jacob went down to Egypt. Then he and our ancestors died.

Literal Standard Version
and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

Majority Standard Bible
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

New American Bible
and Jacob went down to Egypt. And he and our ancestors died

NET Bible
So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

New Revised Standard Version
so Jacob went down to Egypt. He himself died there as well as our ancestors,

New Heart English Bible
Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,

Webster's Bible Translation
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

Weymouth New Testament
and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers,

World English Bible
Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;

Young's Literal Translation
and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. 15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. 16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.…

Cross References
Genesis 46:1
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 46:6
They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

Genesis 47:30
but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them." Joseph answered, "I will do as you have requested."

Genesis 49:33
When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

Exodus 1:6
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

Exodus 13:19
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, "God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place."

Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph's descendants.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Jacob.

Genesis 46:3-7
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: …

Numbers 20:15
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

Deuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

died.

Genesis 49:33
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

Exodus 1:6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

Hebrews 11:21,22
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff…

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Acts 7
1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.














Verse 15. - And for so, A.V.; he died, himself for died, he, A.V.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[So]
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Jacob
Ἰακὼβ (Iakōb)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2384: Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.

went down
κατέβη (katebē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Egypt,
Αἴγυπτον (Aigypton)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 125: Egypt. Of uncertain derivation.

[where]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

fathers
πατέρες (pateres)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

died.
ἐτελεύτησεν (eteleutēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5053: To end, finish, die, complete. From a presumed derivative of teleo; to finish life, i.e. Expire.


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