Acts 7:15 References

15 "And aJacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

a Genesis 46:1-7, Genesis 49:33, Exodus 1:6

Genesis 46

1 So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to aBeersheba, and offered sacrifices to the bGod of his father Isaac.

2 aGod spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "bJacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."

3 He said, "aI am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will bmake you a great nation there.

4 "aI will go down with you to Egypt, and bI will also surely bring you up again; and cJoseph will close your eyes."

5 Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the awagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6 They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and acame to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him:

7 his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

Genesis 49

33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and abreathed his last, and was bgathered to his people.

Exodus 1

6 aJoseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.