Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

Darby Translation

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 to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

10and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

Genesis 39:2And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:21And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.

Genesis 49:23The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;

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

Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither 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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