Acts 7:12

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When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

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  • Gen 42:1-9 : 1 When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, 'Why are you standing around looking at each other?' 2 And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.' 3 Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his other brothers, for he said, 'Something bad might happen to him.' 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan. 6 Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. 7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.' 8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. 9 Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.' 10 But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants are not spies.' 12 But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.' 13 And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.' 14 But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies! 15 This is how you will be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.' 16 Send one of you to bring your brother; the rest of you will stay in prison. This will test whether your words are true. If not, then by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.' 17 And he put them all into custody for three days. 18 On the third day, Joseph said to them, 'Do this, and you will live; for I fear God.' 19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households. 20 Then bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.' And they did so. 21 They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.' 22 Reuben replied to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy, but you wouldn't listen? Now his blood is being demanded from us.' 23 They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them. 24 Joseph turned away from them and wept, but when he returned to speak to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

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    9Because they were jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.

    10God rescued him from all his troubles, and He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

    11Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Acts 7:13-15
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    13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

    14Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in total.

    15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    1When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, 'Why are you standing around looking at each other?'

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    1Now the famine was severe in the land.

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8When Jacob went into Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 45:25
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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to Canaan to their father Jacob.

  • Num 20:15
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    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

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

  • Acts 7:17-18
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    17As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

    18Then another king arose in Egypt, one who did not know Joseph.

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    17He sent a man ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

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    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

  • Exod 1:5
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    5The total number of Jacob's descendants was seventy, and Joseph was already in Egypt.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt.

  • Gen 47:1
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    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 45:17
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

  • Gen 46:28
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    28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the land of Goshen,

  • Gen 41:57
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    57And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 47:12
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    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

  • Gen 44:25
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    25Later, our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little more food.'

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

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    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

  • Gen 41:55
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    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'