Acts 7:14

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“Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.”

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BSBPD

“Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred--with seventy and five souls--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 7:14 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 45:9Now 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.
  2. Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  3. Genesis 46:26All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
  4. Exodus 1:5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
  5. Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  6. 1 Chronicles 2:5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  7. Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

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