Acts 7:15

Easy To Read Version

So Jacob went down to Egypt. Jacob and our fathers \{lived there until they\} died.

Cross References

Genesis 46:1

So Israel began his trip to Egypt. First Israel went to Beersheba. There, Israel worshiped God, the God of his father Isaac. He offered sacrifices. [246]

Genesis 47:30

Bury me in the place where my ancestors [253] are buried. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in our family grave.”

Genesis 49:33

After Jacob finished talking to his sons, he lay down, put his feet back on the bed and died.

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel came to Egypt.\par Jacob lived in Ham’s country. {\cf2\super [551]} \par

Exodus 1:6

Later, Joseph, his brothers, and all the people of that generation died.

Exodus 13:19

Moses carried the bones of Joseph with him. Before Joseph died, he made the sons of Israel promise to do this for him. Joseph said, “When God saves you, remember to carry my bones with you out of Egypt.”

Numbers 20:15

Many, many years ago our ancestors [271] went down into Egypt. And we lived there for many years. The people of Egypt were cruel to us.

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors [64] went down into Egypt, there were only 70 people. Now the Lord your God has made you many, many people—as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. [157] He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.

Joshua 24:32

When the people of Israel left Egypt, they carried the bones from the body of Joseph with them. So the people buried the bones of Joseph at Shechem. They buried the bones on the land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of the man named Shechem. Jacob had bought that land for 100 pieces of pure silver. This land belonged to Joseph’s children.

Joshua 24:4

And I gave Isaac two sons named Jacob and Esau. To Esau, I gave the land around the mountains of Seir. Jacob and his sons did not live there. They went to live in the land of Egypt.