Acts 7:12

And Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no provisions.

13And on the second visit Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.

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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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