Acts 7:14

“Then sent Joseph, etc.] Gifts and presents to his father, and wagons, to fetch down him and his family into Egypt, (<014521>Genesis 45:21,23). and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls; which seems to disagree with the account of Moses, who says, that “all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten”, (<014627>Genesis 46:27). But there is no contradiction; Moses and Stephen are speaking of different things; Moses speaks of the seed of Jacob, which came out of his loins, who came into Egypt, and so excludes his sons’ wives; Stephen speaks of Jacob and all his kindred, among whom his sons’ wives must be reckoned,…”

“threescore and fifteen souls--according to the Septuagint version of Gen 46:27, which Stephen follows, including the five children and grandchildren of Joseph's two sons.”

“All his kindred - His father and family, Genesis 45:17-28; Genesis 46:1-26. Threescore and fifteen souls - Seventy-five persons. There has been much perplexity felt in the explanation of this passage. In Genesis 46:26, Exodus 1:5, and Deuteronomy 10:22, it is expressly said that the number which went down to Egypt consisted of 70 persons. The question is, in what way these accounts can be reconciled? It is evident that Stephen has followed the account which is given by the Septuagint. In Genesis 46:27, that version reads, “But the sons of Joseph who were with him in Egypt were nine souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob which came with Jacob into Egypt were seventy-five souls.” This…”

“Seventy - five souls - So the seventy interpreters, (whom St. Stephen follows,) one son and a grandson of Manasseh, and three children of Ephraim, being added to the seventy persons mentioned Gen 46:27. Acts 7:16”

“7:14 Compare this figure with the seventy mentioned in the Hebrew text of Gen 46:27. The number seventy-five is probably taken from the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) for Gen 46:27. The Septuagint includes three descendants of Ephraim and two of Manasseh at Gen 46:20, making for a total of five more persons, whereas the Hebrew text does not include descendants for Joseph’s sons. The New Testament authors often quote from the Septuagint, which sometimes differs from the Hebrew Masoretic Text.”

“sent: Gen 45:9-11; Psa 105:23 threescore: Gen 46:12, Gen 46:26, Gen 46:27; Deu 10:22; Ch1 2:5, Ch1 2:6 Acts 7:15”