Acts 7:14

7:14 So Joseph sent a message ¹  and invited ²  his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people ³  in all.

Acts 7:3

7:3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’ ⁴ 

[7:14]  ¹ tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[7:14]  ² tn Or “Joseph had his father summoned” (BDAG 121 s.v. ἀποστέλλω 2.b).

[7:14]  ³ tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).

[7:3]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Gen 12:1.