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Acts 7:9 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 9 · King James Version
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,Acts 7:9 · King James Version
Acts 7:9 in context
7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
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Key words (Strong's)
- patriarchspatriarchēspatriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor, of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the…G3966 →
- JosephiōsēphJoseph = " let him add" , the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob, the son of…G2501 →
- EgyptaigyptosEgypt = " double straits" , a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa…G125 →
- envyzēloōto burn with zeal, to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger, in a good sense, to…G2206 →
- soldapodidōmito deliver, to give away for one s own profit what is one s own, to sell, to pay off…G591 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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