Acts 7:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

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  • Gen 42:1-9 : 1 And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?' 2 he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;' 3 and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt, 4 and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.' 5 And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan, 6 and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth. 7 And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.' 8 And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him, 9 and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye `are' spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.' 10 And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food; 11 we `are' all of us sons of one man, we `are' right men; thy servants have not been spies;' 12 and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;' 13 and they say, `Thy servants `are' twelve brethren; we `are' sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one `is' with our father to-day, and the one is not.' 14 And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies, 15 by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither; 16 send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye `are' spies;' 17 and he removeth them unto charge three days. 18 And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear! 19 if ye `are' right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn `for' the famine of your houses, 20 and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so. 21 And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.' 22 And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.' 23 And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter `is' between them; 24 and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

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    9and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

    10and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.

    11`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

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    13and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

    14and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

    15and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

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    1And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'

    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

    3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

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    1And the famine `is' severe in the land;

    2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

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    8`When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place,

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    5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

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    25And they go up out of Egypt, and come in to the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father,

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    15that our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers;

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    7And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh.

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    17`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

    18till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

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    17He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

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    5And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

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    5And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

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    6and they take their cattle, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into Egypt -- Jacob, and all his seed with him,

  • Gen 47:1
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    1And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, `My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, they `are' in the land of Goshen.'

  • Gen 45:17
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    17and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

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    28And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;

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    57and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

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    12and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father `with' bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

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    25and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

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    31And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, `I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who `are' in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;

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    55and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.'