14 So Joseph sent and[a] summoned his father Jacob and all his[b] relatives, seventy-five persons in all. 15 And Jacob went down to Egypt and died, he and our fathers. 16 And they were brought back to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:14 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sent”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Acts 7:14 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,(A) seventy-five in all.(B) 15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(C) 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.(D)

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