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Acts 7:7–14

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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.
13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
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Acts 7:7Cross-references · 10 ranked passages

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    12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

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    27They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

    28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

    29He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

    30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

    31He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

    32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

    33He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

    34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

    35And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

    36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

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    1AND the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

    2Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

    3And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

    4But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

    5And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

    6And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.

    7And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

    8¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

    9When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

    10¶ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

    11Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

    12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

    13And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

    14¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

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    14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

    15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

    16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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    9And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

    10And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

    11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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    8Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

    9Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

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    10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    11And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    13To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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    12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

    13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

    14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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    43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

    44And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

    45He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

    46He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

    47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

    48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

    49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

    50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

    51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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    9¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

    10Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Acts 7:8Cross-references · 18 ranked passages

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    9¶ And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

    10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

    11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

    12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

    13He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

    14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

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    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

    24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

    25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

    26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

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    34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

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    1THESE are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

    2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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    29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

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    1NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

    4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

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    17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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    1AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

    2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

    3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

    4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

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    21And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

    22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the Lord.

    23And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

    24¶ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

    25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

    26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

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    29:31¶ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

    29:32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

    29:33And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

    29:34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

    29:35And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

    30:1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

    30:2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

    30:3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

    30:4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

    30:5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

    30:6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

    30:7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

    30:8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

    30:9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

    30:10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.

    30:11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

    30:12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.

    30:13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

    30:14¶ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

    30:15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

    30:16And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

    30:17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

    30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

    30:19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

    30:20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

    30:21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

    30:22¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

    30:23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

    30:24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

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    16¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

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    18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

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    4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

  15. John 7:22Rank 15
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    22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

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    2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

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    10How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

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    9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

    10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

    11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

    12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

    13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Acts 7:9Cross-references · 12 ranked passages

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    2And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

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    17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

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    2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

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    4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

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    10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

    19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

    20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

    21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

    22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

    23¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

    24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

    25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

    26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

    28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

    29¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

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    21¶ But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

    22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

    23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

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    5And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

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    23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

    24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

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    18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

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    4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

    5¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

    6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

    7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

    8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

    9¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

    10And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

    11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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    15¶ And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

    16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

    17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

    18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

    19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

    20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Acts 7:10Cross-references · 16 ranked passages

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    18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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    4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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    16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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    6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

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    24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

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    6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

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    17The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

    18The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

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    12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

    13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

    14¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

    15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

    18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

    19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

    20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

    21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

    22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

    23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

    24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

    25¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

    26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

    27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

    28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

    29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

    30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

    31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

    32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

    33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

    34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

    35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

    36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

    37¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

    38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

    39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

    40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

    41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

    42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

    43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

    45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

    46¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

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    19Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

    20The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

    21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

    22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

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    40And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

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    1I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

    2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

    3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

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    14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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    8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

    9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

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    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

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    7When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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    18¶ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

Acts 7:11Cross-references · 7 ranked passages

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    54And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

    56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

    57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

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    5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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    1AND the famine was sore in the land.

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    11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

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    5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

    6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

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    13¶ And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

    14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

    15And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

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    16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

Acts 7:12Cross-references · 2 ranked passages

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    1NOW when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

    2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

    3¶ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

    4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

    5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

    7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

    8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

    9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

    10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

    11We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

    12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

    13And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

    14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

    15Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

    16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

    17And he put them all together into ward three days.

    18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

    19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

    20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

    21¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

    22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

    23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

    24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

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    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Acts 7:13Cross-references · 2 ranked passages

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    1THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

    2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

    3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

    4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

    5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

    6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

    7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

    8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

    9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

    10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

    11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

    12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

    13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

    14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

    15Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

    16¶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

    18And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

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    46:31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

    46:32And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

    46:33And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

    46:34That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

    47:1THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

    47:2And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

    47:3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

    47:4They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

    47:5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

    47:6The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

    47:7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

    47:8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

    47:9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

    47:10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

Acts 7:14Cross-references · 7 ranked passages

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    22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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    26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

    27And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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    5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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    5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

    6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

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    9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

    10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

    11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

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    12¶ And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

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    23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:7

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judge

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Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

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DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:8

COMBINED MEANING

gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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covenant

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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

circumcision

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Sense 1: The cutting off of the foreskin. Sense 2: Persons identified with that bodily sign.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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COMBINED MEANING

circumcised

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of circumcise, meaning to cut off the foreskin as the commanded sign of the covenant. Sense 2: Figuratively, to remove hardness or uncleanness of heart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:9

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moved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of move, meaning to change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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envy

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Sense 1: Resentful desire at another's good. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel such jealousy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:10

COMBINED MEANING

delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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favour

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Sense 1: Goodwill, approval, acceptance, kindness, mercy, support, or beneficial regard. Sense 2: Pleasing appearance or charm. Sense 3: To regard, support, prefer, or treat kindly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:11

COMBINED MEANING

dearth

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Scarcity or lack, especially a famine or severe shortage of food and sustenance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:12

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

corn

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1. Grain or cereal produce, whether growing or gathered, and the plants bearing it. 2. A single grain or seed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:13

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

kindred

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1. Relatives or a family or clan connected by descent. 2. By extension, a people group of shared lineage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Acts 7:14

COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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kindred

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1. Relatives or a family or clan connected by descent. 2. By extension, a people group of shared lineage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

7:7And 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.

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7:8And 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.

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7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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7:10And 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.

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7:11Now 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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7:12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

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7:13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

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7:14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

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7:15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

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