Acts 7:14
New International Version
After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.

New Living Translation
Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and all his relatives to come to Egypt, seventy-five persons in all.

English Standard Version
And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

Berean Literal Bible
And Joseph, having sent, called for his father Jacob and all the kindred, seventy-five souls in all.

King James Bible
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

New King James Version
Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people.

New American Standard Bible
Then Joseph sent word and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five people in all.

NASB 1995
“Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

NASB 1977
“And Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

Amplified Bible
Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

Christian Standard Bible
Joseph invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five people in all,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,

American Standard Version
And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph sent for his father and his relatives. In all, there were 75 of them.

English Revised Version
And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his relatives, 75 people in all.

Good News Translation
So Joseph sent a message to his father Jacob, telling him and the whole family, seventy-five people in all, to come to Egypt.

International Standard Version
Then Joseph invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him in Egypt —75 persons in all.

Majority Standard Bible
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

NET Bible
So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

New Heart English Bible
Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy five souls.

Weymouth New Testament
Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his family, numbering seventy-five persons, to come to him,

World English Bible
Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Joseph having sent, called for his father Jacob, and all his relatives—with seventy-five souls—

Berean Literal Bible
And Joseph, having sent, called for his father Jacob and all the kindred, seventy-five souls in all.

Young's Literal Translation
and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

Smith's Literal Translation
And Joseph having sent, called for his father Jacob, and all his kindred, in seventy-five souls.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then Joseph sent for and brought his father Jacob, with all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

New American Bible
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob, inviting him and his whole clan, seventy-five persons;

New Revised Standard Version
Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five in all;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then Joseph sent and brought his father Jacob and all his family, seventy-five souls in number.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Joseph sent and brought his father Jacob and all his family, and they were seventy five souls in number,
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And Joseph sent and called to him his father Jacob, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

Godbey New Testament
And Joseph sending, called to him Jacob his father, and all the family, seventy-five souls.

Haweis New Testament
Then sent Joseph, and invited his father Jacob to come to him, and all his kindred, consisting of seventy-five persons.

Mace New Testament
after this, Joseph sent to invite his father Jacob to come with all his kindred, being threescore and fifteen persons.

Weymouth New Testament
Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his family, numbering seventy-five persons, to come to him,

Worrell New Testament
And Joseph, sending, called for Jacob his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

Worsley New Testament
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob, and all his kindred, even seventy-five souls.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh. 14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. 15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.…

Cross References
Genesis 45:9-11
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay. / You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own. / And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

Genesis 46:26-27
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons. / And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

Genesis 47:11-12
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. / Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

Exodus 1:1-5
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: / Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; / Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ...

Genesis 50:22
Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.

Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 45:16-18
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. / Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan. / Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

Genesis 46:5-7
Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives. / They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt. / Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.

Genesis 47:27
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

Genesis 50:25
And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Exodus 1:6-7
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, / but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Genesis 45:4-8
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt! / And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. / For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. ...

Genesis 46:1-4
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. / And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob. / “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. ...

Genesis 47:5-6
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you, / the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.


Treasury of Scripture

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, three score and fifteen souls.

sent.

Genesis 45:9-11
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: …

Psalm 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

threescore.

Genesis 46:12,26,27
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul…

Deuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

1 Chronicles 2:5,6
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul…

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Acts 7
1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.














Then Joseph sent
The phrase "Then Joseph sent" indicates a pivotal moment in the narrative of Joseph's life. Joseph, once sold into slavery by his brothers, has risen to a position of power in Egypt. The Greek word for "sent" (πέμπω, pempō) implies a deliberate action, reflecting Joseph's authority and his desire to reunite his family. This act of sending is not just a familial gesture but a fulfillment of God's providential plan, showcasing Joseph's forgiveness and reconciliation with his family.

for his father Jacob
"His father Jacob" refers to the patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, whose life is a testament to God's covenantal promises. Jacob's journey from Canaan to Egypt marks a significant transition for the Israelites. The historical context here is crucial; Jacob's move to Egypt sets the stage for the eventual enslavement and exodus of the Israelites, a foundational narrative in Jewish and Christian theology. This relocation is a divine orchestration, ensuring the survival and growth of God's chosen people.

and all his relatives
The inclusion of "all his relatives" emphasizes the communal aspect of God's covenant. The Hebrew concept of family extends beyond the nuclear unit to include a broader kinship network. This gathering of Jacob's family in Egypt symbolizes the unity and continuity of the Israelite people. It also foreshadows the future nation of Israel, highlighting the importance of family and community in God's redemptive plan.

seventy-five in all
The number "seventy-five" is significant in the biblical narrative. While the Masoretic Text of Genesis 46:27 and Exodus 1:5 mentions seventy, the Septuagint, which Stephen likely references here, records seventy-five. This discrepancy is a point of scholarly discussion but does not detract from the theological message. The number signifies completeness and God's faithfulness in preserving His people. It underscores the miraculous growth of Jacob's family, which will eventually become a great nation as promised to Abraham.

(14) Threescore and fifteen souls.--Seventy is given as the number, including Jacob, Joseph, and his sons, in Genesis 46:27; Exodus 1:5; Deuteronomy 10:22. Here, however, Stephen had the authority of the LXX. of Genesis 46:27, which gives the number at seventy-five, and makes it up by inserting the son and grandson of Manasseh, two sons and a grandson of Ephraim. With them it was probably an editorial correction based upon Numbers 26:26-37. Stephen, as a Hellenistic Jew, naturally accepted, without caring to investigate, the number which he found in the Greek version.

Verse 14. - And Joseph sent for then sent Joseph, A.V.; called to him Jacob his father for called his father Jacob to him, A.V. Three score and fifteen souls. In Genesis 46:26, 27, the statement is very precise that "all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were three score and ten," including Joseph and his two sons. Moreover, the accuracy of the number is tested in two ways. First, the names of the sons and daughters of each patriarch are given, and they are found, on counting them, to amount to exactly seventy. And then the totals of the descendants of each of Jacob's four wives is given separately, and again the total is exactly seventy (33 + 16 + 14 + 7 = 70). It is true that the computation in ver. 26 does not agree with the above, for it makes the number of Jacob's descendants, exclusive of Joseph and his two sons, sixty-six instead of sixty-seven, which is the number according to the two above computations, and consequently the total number (when Joseph and his two sons are added) sixty-nine instead of seventy. But this is such a manifest contradiction that it seems almost a necessity to suppose a clerical error, שֵׁשׁ for שֶׁבַע, caused perhaps by the preceding שִׁשִׁים. It is also a singular anomaly that, in the enumeration of Leah's descendants, as well as in the general enumeration, Er and Onan are distinctly reckoned as well as mentioned. Jacob himself is nowhere reckoned in the Bible, though he is in the commentaries. But when we turn to the LXX., we find that in Genesis 46:20 there are added to Manasseh and Ephraim Machir the son and Gilead the grandson of Manasseh; and Suthelah and Taam the sons, and Edom (meaning Eran, LXX. Eden, Numbers 26:36) the grandson, of Ephraim, making the descendants of Rachel eighteen (it should be nineteen if Huppim, Genesis 46:21, is added) instead of fourteen; the number sixty-six of ver. 26 is preserved; the number of Joseph's descendants is given as nine (Huppim apparently being now reckoned), which, added to sixty-six, makes seventy-five; and accordingly in ver. 27 the LXX. read ψυχαὶ ἑβδομηκονταπέντε ("seventy-five souls"), instead of "three score and ten." But except in the addition of these five names of Joseph's grand and great-grand-children, the LXX. support the Hebrew text, even in the strange sixty-six of ver. 26. Stephen, as a Hellenist, naturally follows the LXX. But the question arises - How are we to understand the lists? Genesis 46:8 says, "These are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt;" and one naturally expects to find the names only of those who are described in vers. 5-7 as the migratory party from Canaan to Egypt. This expectation is somewhat disturbed by Er and Onan being included in the enumeration. This may, however, be accounted for by Pharez and Zerah being reckoned as their seed. But is it likely that Hezron and Hamul the sons of Pharez, and the other great-grandsons of Jacob, were born before the descent into Egypt? The answer to this is that, as Jacob was a hundred and thirty years old when he came down to Egypt (Genesis 47:28), there is no improbability in his having great-grandchildren (allowing forty years for a generation); on the contrary, every likelihood that he should. But on the other hand, as Joseph could not have been above fifty when Jacob came down to Egypt (30 + 14 + X.), Genesis 41:46, 29, 30, it does not seem likely or possible that Joseph should have had grown-up grandsons and a great-grandson, as the LXX. make him have. Indeed, to all appearance Manasseh and Ephraim were unmarried young men at the time that Jacob blessed them (Genesis 48:11, 16; Genesis 50:23). Therefore we may conclude certainly that the additional numbers of the LXX. are incorrect, if understood literally, of these who came down with Jacob from Canaan to Egypt. But there is nothing improbable in Benjamin having ten children. Judah, to whom grandchildren are attributed, was Jacob's fourth son, and might be forty or fifty years older than Joseph and Benjamin. Asher, to whom also grandsons are attributed, was the eighth son, and might be twenty years older than Joseph and Benjamin. Still, considering that Er and Onan are reckoned among those who came down to Egypt, it would not be surprising to find that some of those mentioned in the list were born after Jacob's arrival, but included on some principle which we do not understand. In other words, a literal interpretation of the statement of the Hebrew Bible involves no impossibilities, but a literal interpretation of the statement of the LXX. does.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Joseph
Ἰωσὴφ (Iōsēph)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2501: Joseph, a proper name. Of Hebrew origin; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.

sent for
ἀποστείλας (aposteilas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

father
πατέρα (patera)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

Jacob
Ἰακὼβ (Iakōb)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2384: Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

all
πᾶσαν (pasan)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

[his]
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

relatives,
συγγένειαν (syngeneian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4772: Kindred, family. From suggenes; relationship, i.e. relatives.

seventy-five
ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomēkonta)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1440: Seventy. From hebdomos and a modified form of deka; seventy.

in all.
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.


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