Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. 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

8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

Genesis 39:2The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:21But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

Genesis 49:23The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:

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

Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burnt, and flame will not scorch you.

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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