Acts 7:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Now wha the tyme of the promes drue nye (which God had sworne vnto Abraha) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte,

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  • Acts 7:6 : 6 But thus sayde God vnto him: Thy sede shalbe a straunger in a straunge londe, and they shal make bonde men of them, and intreate the euell foure hundreth yeares:
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people chose oure fathers, and exalted the people, whan they were straungers in the lode of Egipte, and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it.
  • 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Dearly beloued, be not ignoraunt of this one thinge, how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare: and a thousande yeare as one daye. 9 The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes (as some me counte slacknesse) but is paciet to vs warde, and wyl not that eny ma shulde be lost, but that euery man shulde amende himselfe.
  • Gen 15:13-16 : 13 And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertye, that thy sede shalbe a strauger, in a londe that is not theirs. And they shall make bonde men of them, and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares. 14 But the people who they shal serue, wyl I iudge. Afterwarde shall they go forth with greate substaunce: 15 and thou shalt departe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age. 16 And after the fourth generacion they shall come hither agayne, for the wickednes of ye Amorites is not yet full.
  • Exod 1:7-9 : 7 the children of Israel grewe, and increased, and multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie, so yt the lande was full of them. 8 The came there a new kynge ouer Egipte, which knewe nothinge of Ioseph, 9 and sayde vnto his people: Beholde, the people of the children of Israel are many, & mightier then we: 10 Vp, let vs deale wysely with them, yt there be not so many of them. For yf there shulde ryse vp eny warre agaynst vs, they might ioyne them selues also vnto oure enemies, and ouercome vs, & so get them out of the lande. 11 And he set worke masters ouer them, to kepe them vnder with burthens. (For they buylded the cities Phiton and Raemses, for treasuries vnto Pharao.) 12 But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grew.Therfore had they indignacio at the children of Israel,
  • Exod 1:20 : 20 Therfore God dealt well with the mydwyues. And the people multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie.
  • Ps 105:24-25 : 24 But he increased his people exceadingly, and made them stronger then their enemies. 25 Whose hert turned, so that they hated his people, and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes.

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  • Acts 7:18-19
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    79%

    18tyll there rose another kynge, which knewe not of Ioseph.

    19The same dealte suttely wt oure kynred, and intreated oure fathers euell and made them to cast out the yonge children, that they shulde not remayne alyue.

  • Acts 7:4-13
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    4The wente he out of the lande of the Caldees, and dwelt in Haran. And from thece, whan his father was deed, he brought him ouer in to this londe (where ye dwell now)

    5and gaue him no enheritauce therin, no not ye bredth of a fote: and promysed him, that he wolde geue it him to possesse, and to his sede after him, whan as yet he had no childe.

    6But thus sayde God vnto him: Thy sede shalbe a straunger in a straunge londe, and they shal make bonde men of them, and intreate the euell foure hundreth yeares:

    7and ye people whom they shal serue, wil I iudge, sayde God. And after that shal they go forth, and serue me in this place.

    8And he gaue him the couenaut of circucision. And he begat Isaac, and circucised him the eight daye. And Isaac begat Iacob and Iacob begat the twolue Patriarkes.

    9And the Patriarkes had indignacion at Ioseph, and solde hi in to Egipte. And God was with him,

    10and delyuered him out of all his troubles, and gaue him fauoure ad wyssdome i the sight of Pharao kynge of Egipte which made him prynce ouer Egipte and ouer all his house.

    11But there came a derth ouer all the londe of Egipte and Canaan, and a greate trouble, and oure fathers founde no sustenaunce.

    12But Iacob herde that there was corne in Egipte, and sent oure fathers out the first tyme.

    13And at the seconde tyme was Ioseph knowne of his brethren, and Iosephs kynred was made knowne vnto Pharao.

  • Exod 1:7-9
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    7the children of Israel grewe, and increased, and multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie, so yt the lande was full of them.

    8The came there a new kynge ouer Egipte, which knewe nothinge of Ioseph,

    9and sayde vnto his people: Beholde, the people of the children of Israel are many, & mightier then we:

  • Gen 47:27-28
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    27So Israel dwelt in Egipte in the londe of Gosen, and had it in possession, and grew and multiplied exceadingly.

    28And Iacob lyued seuentene yeare in the lande of Egipte, so that his whole age was an hudreth and seuen and fourtye yeares.

  • Acts 7:15-16
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    15And Iacob wente downe in to Egipte, and dyed, both he and oure fathers

    16and were brought ouer vnto Siche, and layed in the sepulcre, that Abraham boughte for money of the children of Hemor at Sichem.

  • Exod 2:23-24
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    23And she bare him yet a sonne, whom he called Elieser, and sayde: The God of my father is my helper, and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hade.But after this in processe of tyme, the kynge of Egipte dyed. And the childre of Israel sighed ouer their laboure, and cried.

    24And their crye ouer their labor, came before God. And God herde their coplaynte, & remebred his couenaunt with Abraham Isaac and Iacob.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8Whan Iacob was come in to Egipte, youre fathers cryed vnto the LORDE. And he sent Moses and Aaron to brynge youre fathers out of Egipte, and to cause them for to dwell in this place.

  • Exod 1:5
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    5And of all the soules that came out of the loynes of Iacob, there were seuentie. As for Ioseph, he was in Egipte all ready.

  • Num 20:15
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    15how that oure fathers wente downe in to Egipte, & how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longe tyme, & how the Egipcians dealte euell with vs & or fathers.

  • Exod 1:12
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    12But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grew.Therfore had they indignacio at the children of Israel,

  • Exod 6:4-5
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    4My couenaunt also haue I made with them, that I wil geue them the londe of Canaan, the londe of their pilgremage, wherin they haue bene straungers.

    5Morouer I haue herde the complaynte of the children of Israel, whom ye Egipcians oppresse with laboure, and haue remembred my couenaunt.

  • Exod 12:40
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    40The tyme yt the children of Israel dwelt in Egipte, is foure hondreth and thirtie yeares.

  • Exod 13:19
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    19And Moses toke Iosephs bones with him, for he toke an ooth of the children of Israel, and sayde: God wyll surely vyset you, therfore cary awaye my bones with you from hence.

  • Acts 13:17
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    17The God of this people chose oure fathers, and exalted the people, whan they were straungers in the lode of Egipte, and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it.

  • Gen 17:2
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    2And I wyll make my couenaunt betwene me & the, and wyl multiplye the exceadyngly.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For whan God made promes to Abraham, because he had none greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

  • Deut 7:8
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    8but because he loued you, and that he mighte kepe the ooth, which he sware vnto youre fathers, he broughte you out with a mightie hade, and delyuered you fro the house of bondage, out of the hande of Pharao kynge of Egipte.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
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    19Wha they were yet but small & fewe in nobre, and straungers in the same londe.

  • Exod 3:17
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    17and haue sayde: I wil brynge you out of the trouble of Egipte, in to ye lande of ye Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuites & Iebusites: in to a lode yt floweth with mylke and hony.

  • Josh 24:3
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    3Then toke I yor father Abraham beyonde the water, & caused him to walke in the londe of Canaan, & multiplied his sede, and gaue him Isaac,

  • Acts 7:39
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    39vnto whom oure fathers wolde not be obediet, but thrust him fro the, and in their hertes turned backe agayne in to Egipte,

  • Acts 7:2
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    2He sayde: Deare brethren and fathers, herken to, The God of glorye appeared vnto or father Abraha, whyle he was yet in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

  • Gen 41:29
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    29Beholde, there shal come seuen yeares wt greate plenteousnes in ye whole lande of Egipte,

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remembre thy seruautes Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, vnto who thou swarest by thyne owne self, and saydest: I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen, and all the londe that I haue promysed you, wil I geue vnto youre sede, & they shall inheret it for euer.

  • Exod 7:5
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    5And ye Egipcians shal knowe, yt I am the LORDE, whan I shal stretch out my hande vpon Egipte, and brynge the children of of Israel out from amonge the.

  • Exod 1:20
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    20Therfore God dealt well with the mydwyues. And the people multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
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    7For whan the childre of Israel synned agaynst ye LORDE their God (yt broughte the out of ye londe of Egipte, from the hade of Pharao kynge of Egipte) and serued other goddes:

  • Gen 46:6
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    6And they toke their catell & substaunce which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and so came in to Egipte: Iacob & all his sede with him,

  • Gen 15:13
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    13And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertye, that thy sede shalbe a strauger, in a londe that is not theirs. And they shall make bonde men of them, and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7Ioseph brought in Iacob his father also, & set him before Pharao. And Iacob thanked Pharao.

  • Exod 6:8
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    8and will brynge you into the lande, ouer the which I haue lift vp my hande, to geue it vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, ye same wil I geue vnto you for a possession. I the LORDE.