Acts 7:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 42:1-9 : 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look at one another? 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die. 3 And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps harm befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground. 7 And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you have come. 10 And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food your servants have come. 11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men, your servants are not spies. 12 And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you have come. 13 And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more. 14 And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies: 15 Hereby you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies. 17 And he put them all together into custody for three days. 18 And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: 19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go, carry grain for the famine of your houses: 20 But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be proven true, and you shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he begged us, and we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not listen? therefore, behold, his blood is now required. 23 And they did not know that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself away from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 And it came to pass, when they had consumed the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

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

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

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

  • Acts 7:13-15
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    13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

    14 Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

    15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers,

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    1 Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look at one another?

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

    3 And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

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

    2 And it came to pass, when they had consumed the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8 When Jacob came into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 45:25
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    25 And they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father,

  • Num 20:15
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    15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

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

  • Acts 7:17-18
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    17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

    18 Until another king arose who did not know Joseph.

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

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    5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:

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

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

  • Gen 47:1
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    1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, saying, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:28
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    28 And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 41:57
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    57 All countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was so severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 47:12
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    12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 44:25
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    25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

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

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

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    55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.