Acts 7:9

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Acts 7:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

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KJV

King James Version

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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WEB

World English Bible

“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And the patriarchs, having envied Joseph, sold [him] into Egypt. And God was with him,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 7

⁷ ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

⁸ Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

⁹ Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

¹⁰ and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

¹¹ Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

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