Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

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In The King James Version

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

In Context

8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and his entire house.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

Genesis 39:2And LORD was with Joseph. And he was a man who succeeds. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:21But LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

Genesis 49:23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him,

Psalms 105:17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a servant.

Isaiah 43:2When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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