Acts 7:12

But when Iacob hearde that ther was corne in Egipte he sent oure fathers fyrst

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Then came ther a derth over all the londe of Egipt and Canaan and great affliccion that our fathers founde no sustenauce.

13and at the seconde tyme Ioseph was knowen of his brethren and Iosephs kynred was made knowne vnto Pharao.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:1When Iacob sawe that there was corne to be solde in Egipte he sayde vnto his sones: why are ye negligent?

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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