Acts 7:15

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So Jacob went to Egypt, and he and our ancestors died there.

Cross References

Genesis 46:1

Israel moved with all he had. When he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 47:30

I want to rest with my ancestors. Take me out of Egypt, and bury me in their tomb.” “I will do as you say,” Joseph answered.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet into his bed. He took his last breath and joined his ancestors in death.

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

Exodus 1:6

Eventually, Joseph, all his brothers, and that entire generation died.

Exodus 13:19

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear to do this. Joseph had said, “God will definitely come to help you. When he does, take my bones with you.”

Numbers 20:15

Our ancestors went to Egypt, and we lived there for many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were 70 of them. Now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:5

You will make this formal statement in the presence of the Lord your God: “My ancestors were wandering Arameans. There were only a few of them when they went to Egypt and lived as foreigners. But then they became a great, powerful, and large nation.

Joshua 24:32

Joseph’s bones, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, were buried at Shechem. They were placed in the plot of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver. The plot was inherited by Joseph’s descendants.

Joshua 24:4

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the mountains in Seir as his own. However, Jacob and his sons went to Egypt.