Acts 7:9

The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,

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

In Context

8Then God made with Abraham the covenant of circumcision; and under it Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him when he was eight days old; and Isaac became the father of Jacob; and Jacob of the Twelve Patriarchs.

10and delivered him out of all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and show wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all his other sons, they hated him and could not speak to him in a friendly manner.

Genesis 39:2Now the Lord was with Joseph, so that he prospered; and he remained in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:21But the Lord was with Joseph and showed kindness to him and enabled him to win the favor of the keeper of the prison,

Genesis 49:23They bitterly attack, they shoot at him. The archers hatefully assail him,

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

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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