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Acts 7:10

And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

11Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:12And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.

Genesis 44:18Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

Genesis 48:16The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

Psalms 34:17\34:16\The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

Psalms 40:1To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.

Proverbs 2:6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

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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