Acts 7:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:

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  • Gen 42:1-9 : 1 Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other? 2 And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die. 3 So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians. 4 But Beniamin Iosephs brother woulde not Iaakob send with his brethren: for he saide, Least death should befall him. 5 And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan. 6 Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him. 7 And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile. 8 (Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Ioseph remembred the dreames, which he dreamed of them) and he sayde vnto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the weaknesse of the land. 10 But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come. 11 Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies. 12 But he saide vnto them, Nay, but yee are come to see the weakenes of the land. 13 And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not. 14 Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies. 15 Hereby ye shall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh, ye shal not goe hence, except your yongest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you which may fet your brother, & ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proued, whether there bee trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies. 17 So he put them in warde three dayes. 18 Then Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: for I feare God. 19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, and goe ye, carie foode for the famine of your houses: 20 But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so. 21 And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Warned I not you, saying, Sinne not against the childe, and ye would not heare? and lo, his blood is now required. 23 (And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.) 24 Then he turned from them, and wept, & turned to them againe, & communed with them, and tooke Simeon from among them, & bounde him before their eyes.
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.

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  • Acts 7:9-11
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    9And the Patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

    10And deliuered him out of all his afflictions, and gaue him fauour and wisdome in the sight of Pharao King of Egypt, who made him gouernour ouer Egypt, and ouer his whole house.

    11Then came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.

  • Acts 7:13-15
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    13And at the second time, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kindred was made knowen vnto Pharao.

    14Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kindred, euen threescore and fifteene soules.

    15So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and our fathers,

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    1Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other?

    2And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.

    3So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.

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

    2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8After that Iaakob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried vnto the Lorde, then the Lorde sent Moses and Aaron which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 45:25
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    25Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,

  • Num 20:15
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    15How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7Ioseph also brought Iaakob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; Iaakob saluted Pharaoh.

  • Acts 7:17-18
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    17But when the time of the promes drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,

    18Till another King arose, which knewe not Ioseph.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.

  • Exod 1:5
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    5So al the soules, that came out of the loines of Iaakob, were seuentie soules: Ioseph was in Egypt already.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6And they tooke their cattell & their goods, which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and came into Egypt, both Iaakob and all his seede with him,

  • Gen 47:1
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    1Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 46:28
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    28The he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his way vnto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 41:57
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    57And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes.

  • Gen 47:12
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    12And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.

  • Gen 44:25
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    25And our father sayde vnto vs, Goe againe, bye vs a litle foode,

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,

  • Gen 37:12
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    12Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem.

  • Gen 41:55
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    55At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye.