◄ Acts 7:9 ►
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Good News Translation
"Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

New Revised Standard Version
“The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,

Contemporary English Version
These men were our ancestors. Joseph was also one of our famous ancestors. His brothers were jealous of him and sold him as a slave to be taken to Egypt. But God was with him

New American Bible
“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

moved.

Genesis 37:4-11 And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated hem, and could not speak peaceably to him. . . .

Genesis 49:23 But they that held darts, provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.

Matthew 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

sold.

Genesis 37:18-29 And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him: . . .

Genesis 45:4 And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Genesis 50:15-20 Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him. . . .

Psalm 105:17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

but.

Genesis 39:2,5,21-23 And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master's house: . . .

Genesis 49:24 His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.

Isaiah 43:2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
…8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs. 9And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him, 10And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and over all his house.…
Cross References
Genesis 37:11
His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.

Genesis 37:28
And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.

Genesis 39:2
And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master's house:

Genesis 39:21
But the Lord was with Joseph, and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison:

Genesis 45:4
And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Psalm 105:17
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

Haggai 2:4
Yet now take courage, O Zorobabel, saith the Lord, and take courage, Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and take courage, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord of hosts: and perform (for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts)

1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up,

Acts 7:8
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