Acts 7:14 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Acts 7:14

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But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

And at the second {time} Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

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

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

And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor {the father} of Sychem.

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Acts 7:1

"Then said the high priest, Are these things so?"

Acts 7:2

"And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,"

Acts 7:3

"And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee."

Acts 7:4

"Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell."

Acts 7:5

"And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not {so much as} to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when {as yet} he had no child."

Acts 7:6

"And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat {them} evil four hundred years."

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