kindred
Cf. There is no real contradiction. The "house of Jacob" numbered seventy but the "kindred" would include the wives of Jacob's sons.
All the souls (Cf) Genesis 46:27 . A discrepancy has been imagined. The "souls" that came with Jacob" were 66. The "souls of the house of Jacob" Genesis 46:27 i.e. the entire Jacobean family) were 70, viz. the 66 which came with Jacob, Joseph and his two sons, already in Egypt=69; Jacob himself=70. (See Scofield " Acts 7:14 ") .
Context Summary
Acts 7:14-29 - Stephen's Defense: The Deliverer From Bondage
Moses, we are here told, was "mighty in words;" that is, in eloquence as well as in deeds. This confirms the statement of the Jewish historian, Josephus, that in the earlier part of his career, now lost in the oblivion of history, Moses led a very successful Egyptian expedition against Ethiopia. He complains to the Lord, in Exodus 4:10, of being slow of speech, but that probably refers to the habit of long disuse amid the silence and loneliness of the desert.
It is clear that, stung by the sense of wrong, Moses at first interfered with his own right arm to deliver his people. He smote the Egyptian, and essayed to judge between his brethren. God had to bring him into the dust by repeated failure and rejection that he might become an emptied and a broken vessel. God will not give glory to man. The treasure must be held in an earthen vessel, 2 Corinthians 4:7. It is when we come to the end of ourselves that we arrive at the beginning of God. The world has ever to learn what God can do by those who are wholly emptied of self-confidence but yielded to His hand. [source]
Chapter Summary: Acts 7
1Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy, 2shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers, 20before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built; 37that Moses himself witnessed of Christ; 44and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time; 51reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold 54Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, 59who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them
Greek Commentary for Acts 7:14
Three-score and fifteen souls [εν πσυχαις εβδομηκοντα πεντε] Stephen follows the lxx which counts some grandchildren of Joseph and so makes it 75 whereas Genesis 46:26 has 66 and then the next verse makes it 70 including Jacob and Joseph with his two sons. The use of εν en means “consisting in.” [source]
Threescore and fifteen [] Lit., “in ( ἐν ) threescore and fifteen;” the idiom expressing the sum in which all the individuals were included. [source]
What do the individual words in Acts 7:14 mean?
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Greek Commentary for Acts 7:14
Stephen follows the lxx which counts some grandchildren of Joseph and so makes it 75 whereas Genesis 46:26 has 66 and then the next verse makes it 70 including Jacob and Joseph with his two sons. The use of εν en means “consisting in.” [source]
Lit., “in ( ἐν ) threescore and fifteen;” the idiom expressing the sum in which all the individuals were included. [source]