Acts 7:14
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And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

sent.

Genesis 45:9-11 Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt; come down to me, linger not. . . .

Psalm 105:23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

threescore.

Genesis 46:12,26,27 The sons of Juda: Her and Onan, and Sela, and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul. . . .

Deuteronomy 10:22 In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.

1 Chronicles 2:5,6 And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul. . . .

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
13And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren: and his kindred was made known to Pharao. 14And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls. 15So Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, and our fathers.…
Cross References
Genesis 45:9
Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt; come down to me, linger not.

Genesis 45:10
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast.

Genesis 45:13
You shall tell my father of all my glory, and all things that you have seen in Egypt: make haste and bring him to me.

Genesis 46:26
All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

Genesis 46:27
And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.

Exodus 1:5
And all the souls that came out of Jacob's thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:22
In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.

Acts 2:41
They therefore that received his word were baptized: and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

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

Joseph
Ἰωσὴφ (Iōsēph)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

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

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

all
πᾶσαν (pasan)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 4772: Kindred, family. From suggenes; relationship, i.e. relatives.

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

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


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

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

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

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

And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls.

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

Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy five souls.

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

Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

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