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Acts 7:14-16
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Acts 7:14-16
New English Translation
14 So Joseph sent a message[a] and invited[b] his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people[c] in all. 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there,[d] along with our ancestors,[e] 16 and their bones[f] were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money[g] from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
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- Acts 7:14 tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
- Acts 7:14 tn Or “Joseph had his father summoned” (BDAG 121 s.v. ἀποστέλλω 2.b).
- Acts 7:14 tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).
- Acts 7:15 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.
- Acts 7:15 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
- Acts 7:16 tn “and they.”
- Acts 7:16 sn See Gen 49:29-32.
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