Acts 7:15 Cross References

Acts 7:15

15: So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did all his sons.

Then when Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he lay back in the bed, breathed his last, and died.

"I am God," the voice said, "the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will see to it that you become a great nation there.
I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring your descendants back again. But you will die in Egypt with Joseph at your side."
So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons brought him to Egypt. They carried their little ones and wives in the wagons Pharaoh had provided for them.
They brought their livestock, too, and all the belongings they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Jacob and his entire family arrived in Egypt--
sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters--all his descendants.

and that our ancestors went down to Egypt. We lived there a long time and suffered as slaves to the Egyptians.

It was by faith that Jacob, when he was old and dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and bowed in worship as he leaned on his staff.
And it was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, confidently spoke of God's bringing the people of Israel out of Egypt. He was so sure of it that he commanded them to carry his bones with them when they left!

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the hill country of Seir, while Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!

You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, `My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live in Egypt. His family was few in number, but in Egypt they became a mighty and numerous nation.

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