A moment in scripture
Acts 7:15
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So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
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The surrounding passage
- Acts 7:13
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
- Acts 7:14
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- Acts 7:16
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
- Acts 7:17
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.