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Acts 7:11-19
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Acts 7:11-19
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11 “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.(A) 12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.(B) 13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,(C) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.(D) 14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,(E) seventy-five in all.(F) 15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(G) 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.(H)
17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.(I) 18 Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’[a](J) 19 He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.(K)
Footnotes
- Acts 7:18 Exodus 1:8
Acts 7:11-19
King James Version
Acts 7:11-19
King James Version
11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
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Acts 7:11-19
New King James Version
Acts 7:11-19
New King James Version
11 (A)Now a famine and great [a]trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 (B)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the (C)second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 (D)Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and (E)all his relatives to him, [b]seventy-five people. 15 (F)So Jacob went down to Egypt; (G)and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And (H)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in (I)the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
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17 “But when (J)the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, (K)the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king (L)arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, (M)making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
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