Acts 7:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Acts 7:6 : 6 `And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;
  • 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord `is' as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day; 9 the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
  • Gen 15:13-16 : 13 and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years, 14 and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance; 15 and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age; 16 and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
  • Exod 1:7-9 : 7 and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them. 8 And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph, 9 and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel `is' more numerous and mighty than we; 10 give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.' 11 And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses; 12 and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;
  • Exod 1:20 : 20 And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
  • Ps 105:24-25 : 24 And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries. 25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

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  • Acts 7:18-19
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    18till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

    19this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

  • Acts 7:4-13
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    4`Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

    5and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

    6`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

    7and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

    8`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac `begat' Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;

    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,

    12and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

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

  • Exod 1:7-9
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    7and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

    8And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,

    9and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel `is' more numerous and mighty than we;

  • Gen 47:27-28
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    27And Israel dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly;

    28and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years.

  • Acts 7:15-16
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    15and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

    16and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

  • Exod 2:23-24
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    23And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;

    24and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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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,

  • Exod 1:5
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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.

  • Num 20:15
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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;

  • Exod 1:12
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    12and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

  • Exod 6:4-5
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    4and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;

    5and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant.

  • Exod 12:40
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    40And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt `is' four hundred and thirty years;

  • Exod 13:19
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    19And Moses taketh the bones of Joseph with him, for he certainly caused the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this with you.'

  • Acts 13:17
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    17the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

  • Gen 17:2
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    2and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

  • Deut 7:8
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    8but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
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    19When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.

  • Exod 3:17
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    17and I say, I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing `with' milk and honey.

  • Josh 24:3
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    3and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.

  • Acts 7:39
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    39to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

  • Acts 7:2
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    2and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

  • Gen 41:29
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    29`Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,

  • Exod 32:13
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    13`Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;'

  • Exod 7:5
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    5and the Egyptians have known that I `am' Jehovah, in My stretching out My hand against Egypt; and I have brought out the sons of Israel from their midst.'

  • Exod 1:20
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    20And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
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    7And it cometh to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God -- who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt -- and fear other gods,

  • Gen 46:6
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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 15:13
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    13and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

  • Gen 47:7
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    7And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh.

  • Exod 6:8
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    8and I have brought you in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and have given it to you -- a possession; I `am' Jehovah.'