Acts 7:39

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Acts 7:39

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

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KJV

King James Version

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

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WEB

World English Bible

to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

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ASV

American Standard Version

to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but pushed away, and they turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 7

³⁷ This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

³⁸ He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

³⁹ But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

⁴⁰ They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

⁴¹ At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

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