Acts 7:10
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,
11Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
Cross References
Genesis 41:12There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.
Genesis 44:18Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
Psalms 34:17They cried, and the Lord hears,and delivers them out of all their troubles.QOPH
Psalms 40:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.I waited patiently for the Lord.He turned to me, and heard my cry.
Proverbs 2:6For the Lord gives wisdom.Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
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 →