Acts 7:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κατέβη δὲ Ἰακὼβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν, αὐτὸς, καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν,

Transliteration

Katebē de Iakōb eis Aigypton, kai eteleutēsen, autos, kai hoi pateres hēmōn,

Grammar Details

*Katebē*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - went down
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
*Iakōb*: nominative masculine singular - Jacob
*eis Aigypton*: preposition + accusative feminine singular - to Egypt
*kai*: conjunction - and
*eteleutēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he died
*autos*: nominative masculine singular intensive pronoun - himself
*hoi pateres*: nominative masculine plural - the fathers
*hēmōn*: genitive plural personal pronoun - of us/our

Word Meanings

*Katebē*: went down/descended/traveled
*eteleutēsen*: died/passed away/ended life

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Exod 1:6 : 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Gen 46:3-7 : 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Num 20:15 : 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Deut 10:22 : 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.
Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Josh 24:4 : 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Heb 11:21-22 : 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Acts 7:14
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11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
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5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
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Acts 7:16-17
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4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
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6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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Num 20:15
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7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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Gen 50:26
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