Acts 7:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.”
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BSBPD
“So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Acts 7:15 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 46:3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
- Genesis 49:33When 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 1:6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
- Numbers 20:15how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
- Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Deuteronomy 26:5and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
- Joshua 24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
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