Acts 7:12

But Jacob, hearing there was corn in Egypt, sent off our fathers, first;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

In Context

11And there came a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers could not find pasture.

13And, the second time, Joseph was made known unto his brethren, and, the race of Joseph was made, manifest, unto Pharaoh.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:1Then saw Jacob that there was corn in Egypt,—and Jacob said to his sons, Wherefore look ye one at 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 →

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