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Acts 7:14

“And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five persons.”

Acts 7:14 · direct translation from the Greek
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Allusion · Genesis 46:27

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Acts 7:14 counts seventy-five persons, like the Septuagint of Genesis 46:27 (also of Exodus 1:5); the Hebrew says seventy.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

Words of the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation of the OT (Genesis 46:27 in the Septuagint numbering; Swete's text, CC BY-SA 4.0):

  • ψυχαῖςpsychaisG5590ψυχαὶpsychaiLXX“soul, life”
  • ἑβδομήκονταhebdomēkontaG1440ἑβδομήκονταhebdomēkontaLXX“seventy”
  • πέντεpenteG4002πέντε.penteLXX“five”

Acts 7:14, word by word

JosephἸωσὴφIōsēph

Joseph

Joseph, the name of several men in the Bible: the son of Jacob, Mary's husband (a descendant of David), Joseph of Arimathea, and others.

Where else “Iōsēph” appears
sentἀποστείλαςaposteilas

send

To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.

Where else “aposteilas” appears
and summonedμετεκαλέσατοmetekalesato

summon, send for

Call someone to come, summon, send for.

Where else “metekalesato” appears
JacobἸακὼβIakōb

Jacob

Jacob, son of Isaac, also called Israel; father of the twelve tribes.

Where else “Iakōb” appears
fatherπατέραpatera

parents

A family's father; sometimes father and mother.

Where else “patera” appears
his relativesσυγγένειανsyngeneian

relatives

Relatives, family, kin.

Where else “syngeneian” appears
seventy-fiveἑβδομήκονταhebdomēkonta

seventy

Seventy.

Where else “hebdomēkonta” appears
seventy-fiveπέντεpente

five

Five.

Where else “pente” appears
personsψυχαῖςpsychais

person

A human being counted one by one, as when saying how many there were.

Where else “psychais” appears

Translation note

Seventy-five, as in the Greek text of Genesis 46:27 and Exodus 1:5; the Hebrew says seventy.

The context

13And on the second visit Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

14 · This verse (above)

15And Jacob went down to Egypt, and he died, and our fathers too,

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To study Acts 7 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)

  2. 2. What it means

    Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?

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