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Acts 7:15

Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So Jacob went down into Egypt,.... At the invitation of his son Joseph:

and died, he, and our fathers; both Jacob and his twelve sons died in Egypt, though we have no account of the death of any of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Acts 7:15-16

And died - Gen 49:33. He and our fathers - The time which the Israelites remained in Egypt was 215 years, so that all the sons of Jacob were deceased before the Jews went out to go to the land of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 7:1-16

Stephen is now at the bar before the great council of the nation, indicted for blasphemy: what the witnesses swore against him we had an account of in the foregoing chapter, that he spoke blasphemous…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

So Jacob went down into Egypt Now the whole race whom God had chosen to Himself was in Egypt, away from the land of promise, and remained there for a long period, yet God was with them in their exile,…