Acts 7:14

Acts 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
• New International Version (NIV)After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people.

Context of Acts 7:14

12Jacob heard news that Pharaoh had stored a lot of wheat in Egypt. So he sent his sons there to buy food from Pharaoh. This was the first time that they went to Egypt. 13Later, Jacob sent his sons back to Egypt for a second time. This time, Joseph told his brothers who he really was. As a result, Pharaoh came to know about Joseph's family. After this, Joseph sent a message to his father, that he should also come to Egypt with his whole family. At that time, there were 75 people in Jacob's family. 15So Jacob went to Egypt with all his family. Jacob and his 12 sons, our ancestors, lived there until they died. 16When the people of Israel left Egypt, they carried with them the dead bodies of Joseph and his family. They took them back to Shechem and they buried them in a hole for dead people there. Abraham had bought that ground in Shechem from the family of a man called Hamor. He had paid Hamor the right money for it.’

Acts 7:14 word by word

ἀποστείλας δὲ Ἰωσὴφ μετεκαλέσατο Ἰακὼβ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συγγένειαν ἐν ψυχαῖς ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• JosephἸωσήφIōsēph · JosephG2501
• calledμετακαλέωmetakaleō · to summonG3333
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• JacobἸακώβIakōb · JacobG2384
• toἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• kindredσυγγένειαsuggeneia · kindredG4772
• threescoreἑβδομήκονταhebdomēkonta · seventyG1440
• and fifteenπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• soulsψυχήpsuchē · soul: personG5590

Cross-references for Acts 7:14

• Genesis 45:9Now hurry back to my father. Say to him, “This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come here to me. Come now.
• Psalms 105:23Then Jacob's family came into Egypt. They lived as strangers in the land of Ham's descendants.
• Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
• Deuteronomy 10:22When your ancestors went to Egypt, they were only 70 people. Now the Lord your God has caused you to become very many people. You are as many as the stars in the sky!
• 1 Chronicles 2:5Perez's sons were: Hezron and Hamul.

Commentaries on Acts 7:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Threescore and fifteen souls - There are several difficulties here, which it is hoped the reader will find satisfactorily removed in the note on Genesis 46:20; (note). It is well known that in Genesis 46:27, and in Deuteronomy 10:22, their number is said to be threescore and ten; but Stephen quotes from the Septuagint, which adds five persons to the account which are not in the Hebrew text, Machir, Gilead, Sutelaam, Taham, and Edem; but see the note…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14All his kindred - His father and family, Genesis 45:17-28; 46:1-26. Threescore and fifteen souls - Seventy-five persons. There has been much perplexity felt in the explanation of this passage. In Genesis 46:26, Exodus 1:5, and Deuteronomy 10:22, it is expressly said that the number which went down to Egypt consisted of 70 persons. The question is, in what way these accounts can be reconciled? It is evident that Stephen has followed the account which is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14seventy-five: Compare this number with the seventy mentioned in the Hebrew text of Genesis 46:27. The number seventy-five probably comes from the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament. The Septuagint includes three people descended from Ephraim and two of Manasseh in 46:20. This adds five more people. The Hebrew text does not include those descended from Joseph’s sons. New Testament authors mostly quote from the Septuagint, which…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-169-16. the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him--Here Stephen gives his first example of Israel's opposition to God's purposes, in spite of which and by means of which those purposes were accomplished.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings