Acts 7:14Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~34 AD. Stephen concludes the Joseph story by emphasizing how the small family became a great nation. He's setting up how rejection leads to salvation for many.
The emotion here: urgent pleading disguised as historical narrative, knowing death is imminent
The original word
metekalesato (μετεκαλέσατο) — to summon with authority and care, implying both power and love in the calling
Why it matters
The number seventy-five includes wives and descendants not counted in the Hebrew text's seventy, showing Stephen used the Greek Septuagint
Read with care
What most readers miss in Acts 7:14
Joseph had the power to bring his entire family to safety - Stephen is hinting that Jesus has the same power to save all Israel
Common misconceptionPeople focus on the number discrepancy (70 vs 75) missing Stephen's main point: from small beginnings, God builds His people into a mighty nation through apparent rejection and exile.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Acts 7:14
Bible Genome reading
Acts 7:14 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Acts 7:14 comes from the book of Acts, written during the early_church period. These words are attributed to Stephen. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 50% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include reunion, family. Notable phrases: summoned Jacob; seventy-five souls.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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