Acts 7:9

The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,

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In The King James Version

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

In Context

8God also gave Abraham the agreement regarding circumcision, and so when Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs.

10and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave him wisdom and helped him gain the favor of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and the royal household.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.

Genesis 39:2The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in his Egyptian master's house.

Genesis 39:21But the Lord was with Joseph, showing him trustworthy love, and made the chief jailer pleased with him.

Genesis 49:23The archers viciously attacked him; they shot their arrows at him with hate.

Psalms 105:17Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Isaiah 43:2When you walk through the water, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they won't flood over you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you on fire.

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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