OET interlinear ACTs 7:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

κατέβη Ἰακὼβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον

came_down (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί κατέβη Ἰακώβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον καί ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτός καί οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν)

Stephen says that Jacob went down because he traveled from the hilly and mountainous terrain of Canaan to the lowlying land of Egypt. Alternate translation: [Jacob traveled to Egypt]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν

died (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί κατέβη Ἰακώβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον καί ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτός καί οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν)

Stephen’s listeners would have known that Jacob and his sons lived in Egypt for some time. Make sure that your translation does not make it sound as if they died as soon as they arrived in Egypt. Alternate translation: [eventually Jacob and our ancestors died]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί κατέβη Ἰακώβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον καί ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτός καί οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν)

Stephen is using the term fathers to mean “ancestors.” Here he means specifically Jacob’s sons (Joseph’s older brothers), as UST indicates. Alternate translation: [Jacob and his sons who became our ancestors]