Genesis 45:9-11

45:9 Now go up to my father quickly¹ and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay! 45:10 You will live² in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have. 45:11 I will provide you with food³ there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor – you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

Genesis 46:2-7

46:2 God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night⁴ and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!” 46:3 He said, “I am God,⁵ the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. 46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there.⁶ Joseph will close your eyes.”⁷

46:5 Then Jacob started out⁸ from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him. 46:6 Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.⁹ 46:7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons,¹⁰ his daughters and granddaughters – all his descendants.

Joshua 24:4

24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir,¹¹ while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Acts 7:11-15

7:11 Then a famine occurred throughout¹² Egypt and Canaan, causing¹³ great suffering, and our¹⁴ ancestors¹⁵ could not find food. 7:12 So when Jacob heard that there was grain¹⁶ in Egypt, he sent our ancestors¹⁷ there¹⁸ the first time. 7:13 On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family¹⁹ became known to Pharaoh. 7:14 So Joseph sent a message²⁰ and invited²¹ his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people²² in all. 7:15 So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there,²³ along with our ancestors,²⁴

¹tn Heb “hurry and go up.”

²tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive here expresses instruction.

³tn The verb כּוּל (kul) in the Pilpel stem means “to nourish, to support, to sustain.” As in 1 Kgs 20:27, it here means “to supply with food.”

⁴tn Heb “in visions of the night.” The plural form has the singular meaning, probably as a plural of intensity.

⁵tn Heb “the God.”

⁶tn Heb “and I, I will bring you up, also bringing up.” The independent personal pronoun before the first person imperfect verbal form draws attention to the speaker/subject, while the infinitive absolute after the imperfect strongly emphasizes the statement: “I myself will certainly bring you up.”

⁷tn Heb “and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes.” This is a promise of peaceful death in Egypt with Joseph present to close his eyes.

⁸tn Heb “arose.”

⁹tn Heb “and they took their livestock and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Canaan and they went to Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰tn The Hebrew text adds “with him” here. This is omitted in the translation because it is redundant in English style (note the same phrase earlier in the verse).

¹¹tn Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”

¹²tn Grk “came upon all Egypt.”

¹³tn Grk “and,” but logically causal.

¹⁴sn Our. Stephen spoke of “our” ancestors (Grk “fathers”) in an inclusive sense throughout the speech until his rebuke in v. 51, where the nation does what “your” ancestors did, at which point an exclusive pronoun is used. This serves to emphasize the rebuke.

¹⁵tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

¹⁶tn Or possibly “food,” since in a number of extrabiblical contexts the phrase σιτία καὶ ποτά (sitia kai pota) means “food and drink,” where solid food is contrasted with liquid nourishment (L&N 3.42).

¹⁷tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

¹⁸tn 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.

¹⁹tn BDAG 194 s.v. γένος 2. gives “family, relatives” here; another alternative is “race” (see v. 19).

²⁰tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

²¹tn Or “Joseph had his father summoned” (BDAG 121 s.v. ἀποστέλλω 2.b).

²²tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).

²³tn 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.

²⁴tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”