Bible Strands
Acts 7:14
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Stephen addresses the Jewish council, narrating the aftermath of Joseph’s revelation to his brothers and the subsequent audience with Pharaoh. He marks the moment when Joseph initiated the family’s relocation to Egypt. The words — μετεκαλέσατο (metekalesato) translates literally as “he called for,” indicating Joseph’s authoritative summons of his father and extended kin. The thread — The migration event parallels the ancestral accounts in Genesis 46:26, Deuteronomy 10:22, and Exodus 1:5, which record the descent into Egypt. Why it lands — The text records a specific numerical total that diverges from other ancestral lists, requiring a reader to track how early Christian preaching preserved distinct historical traditions.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Cross-references
- Genesis 46:26 All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
- Deuteronomy 10:22 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.
- Exodus 1:5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
- Genesis 45:9 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.
- Genesis 46:12 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.
- 1 Chronicles 2:5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- Psalms 105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.