Acts 7:12

American Standard Version (1901)

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

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  • Gen 42:1-9 : 1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. 3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: 15 hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: 19 if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses: 20 and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

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  • Acts 7:9-11
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

    10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

    11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

  • Acts 7:13-15
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    13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

    14And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

    15And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    79%

    1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

    2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

    3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1And the famine was sore in the land.

    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.

  • Gen 42:5
    75%

    5And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 45:25
    75%

    25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

  • Gen 47:7
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    7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Acts 7:17-18
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    73%

    17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

    18till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

  • Gen 47:5
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    5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

  • Exod 1:5
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    5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

  • Gen 47:1
    73%

    1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 45:17
    72%

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 46:28
    72%

    28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 41:57
    72%

    57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

  • Gen 47:12
    72%

    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 44:25
    72%

    25And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

  • Gen 37:12
    71%

    12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 41:55
    71%

    55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.