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 7:32

7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, ⁴  the God of Abraham, Isaac, ⁵  and Jacob.’ ⁶  Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. ⁷ 

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¹ tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

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

³ tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).

⁴ tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”

⁵ tn Grk “and Isaac,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁶ sn A quotation from Exod 3:6. The phrase suggests the God of promise, the God of the nation.

⁷ tn Or “to investigate,” “to contemplate” (BDAG 522 s.v. κατανοέω 2).