Acts 7:14 “Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-f…”

Acts 7:14

Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

World English Bible

Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

American Standard Version

And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kindred, euen threescore and fifteene soules.

Darby Translation

And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls.

Young's Literal Translation

and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred — with seventy and five souls —

Bible in Basic English

Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.

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Cross references

“sent”

Genesis 45:9–11 Psalm 105:23

Genesis 45:9–11 · BSB

Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

Psalm 105:23 · BSB

Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

“threescore”

Deuteronomy 10:22 Genesis 46:12 Genesis 46:26 Genesis 46:27 1 Chronicles 2:5 1 Chronicles 2:6

Deuteronomy 10:22 · BSB

Your 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.

Genesis 46:12 · BSB

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 46:26 · BSB

All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.

Genesis 46:27 · BSB

And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

1 Chronicles 2:5 · BSB

The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chronicles 2:6 · BSB

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara —five in all.

Also

Exodus 1:5

Exodus 1:5 · BSB

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

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

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