Acts 7:12
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
New Heart English Bible
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 came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
13On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh.
Cross References
Genesis 42:1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
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 →