King James Version

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before Jacob here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατέβηkatebēto comeκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to come”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.ἸακὼβiakōbJacobἸακώβnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jacob”, the subject formG2384(Hebrew), Jacob, (a) the patriarch, son of Isaac, (b) father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ΑἴγυπτονaiguptonEgyptΑἴγυπτος (aiguptos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Egypt”, the object formG125Egypt.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐτελεύτησενeteleutēsento deceaseτελευτάω (teleutaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to decease”, a single actionG5053I end, finish, die, complete.αὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πατέρεςpateresfathersπατήρ (patēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “fathers”, the subject formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.fathersἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeSoδέconjunction — “So”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

Young’s Literal Translation

and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

World English Bible

Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;

Darby Translation

And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

Douay-Rheims

So Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, and our fathers.

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