Later text
Acts 7:14BSB
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
Intertextuality Pair
Acts 7:14 → Genesis 46:27
Allusion
Earlier text
And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
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Earlier text
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron. The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three. The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all. The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all. The son of Dan: Hushim. The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all. All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons. And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
Earlier text
Exodus 1:5BSB
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
Earlier text
Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Significance
Stephen gives the size of Jacob's household as "seventy-five in all" (Acts 7:14), following the Septuagint reckoning of Genesis 46:27 (the Hebrew text and Exodus 1:5 count seventy). The point of the tally is not arithmetic but promise: the tiny clan that goes down into Egypt is the seed to whom God had sworn descendants beyond counting (Genesis 15:5). Stephen is tracing the fidelity of God across the generations — the handful who enter Egypt will emerge a nation, every soul preserved because God keeps covenant. The same faithfulness that multiplied a household into Israel is the faithfulness that, in the fullness of time, brings from that very people the promised Seed in whom all the families of the earth are blessed.
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- Allusion
- Connection Method(s)
- Redemptive-Historical Progression