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Acts 7:9-10 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verses 9–10 · King James Version
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.Acts 7:9-10 · King James Version
Acts 7:9-10 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.
12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- afflictionsthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- patriarchspatriarchēspatriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor, of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the…G3966 →
- deliveredexaireōto pluck out, draw outG1807 →
- PharaohpharaōPharaoh = " his nakedness" , was a common title of the native kings of EgyptG5328 →
- JosephiōsēphJoseph = " let him add" , the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob, the son of…G2501 →
- favourcharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- wisdomsophiawisdom, broad and full of intelligence used of the knowledge of very diverse matters, the…G4678 →
- EgyptaigyptosEgypt = " double straits" , a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa…G125 →
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