Acts 7:1-16 ▼

1 And the chief priest said, “Are then these things so?”

2 And he said, “Men, brothers, and fathers, listen! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

3 and He said to him, Go forth out of your land, and out of your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.

4 Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from there, after the death of his father, He removed him to this land wherein you now dwell,

5 and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him—he having no child.

6 And God spoke thus, that his seed will be sojourning in a strange land, and they will cause it to serve, and will do it evil [for] four hundred years.

7 And the nation whom they will serve I will judge, said God; And after these things they will come forth and will do Me service in this place.

8 And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac [begot] Jacob, and Jacob—the twelve patriarchs;

9 and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

10 and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he set him—governor over Egypt and all his house.

11 And there came a scarcity on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

12 and Jacob having heard that there was grain in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

13 and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became disclosed to Pharaoh,

14 and Joseph having sent, called for his father Jacob, and all his relatives—with seventy-five souls—

15 and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

16 and they were carried over into Shechem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Shechem.