Acts 7:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Iacob descended into Egipte and dyed bothe he and oure fathers

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Iacob wente downe in to Egipte, and dyed, both he and oure fathers

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and our fathers,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Iacob descended into Egypt, and dyed, both he and our fathers,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
• Exod 1:6 : 6 And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
• Gen 46:3-7 : 3 And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. 4 I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your 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 acquired in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his descendants with him. 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him into Egypt.
• Num 20:15 : 15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
• Deut 10:22 : 22 Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.
• Deut 26:5 : 5 And you shall speak and say before the LORD your 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 to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to 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 dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.