Acts 7:12

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food.

13And on the second occasion, Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and his ancestry was made manifest to Pharaoh.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:1Then Jacob, hearing that food was being sold in Egypt, said to his sons: “Why are you negligent?

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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