Acts 7:12

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt he sent our forefathers down on their first visit.

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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

11Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers had no food.

13During their second visit, Joseph revealed to his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh discovered Joseph's family background.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:1When Jacob found out grain was available in Egypt, he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on looking at each other to do something?

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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