Acts 7:15

New American Bible - revised edition

and Jacob went down to Egypt. And he and our ancestors died

Cross References

Genesis 46:1

Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 47:30

When I lie down with my ancestors, take me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” “I will do as you say,” he replied.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob had finished giving these instructions to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Psalm 105:23

Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Exodus 1:6

Now Joseph and all his brothers and that whole generation died.

Exodus 13:19

Moses also took Joseph’s bones with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites take a solemn oath, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you must bring my bones up with you from here.”

Numbers 20:15

how our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors harshly.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Seventy strong your ancestors went down to Egypt, and now the Lord, your God, has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall declare in the presence of the Lord, your God, “My father was a refugee Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as a resident alien. But there he became a nation great, strong and numerous.

Joshua 24:32

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried in Shechem in the plot of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money. This was a heritage of the descendants of Joseph.

Joshua 24:4

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned the mountain region of Seir to possess, while Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.