Acts 7:9-15 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,… We shall find it in Cain, the proto-murderer, who slew his brother at the instigation of envy. We shall find it in the dark and gloomy and revengeful spirit of Saul, who, under the influence of envy, plotted for years the slaughter of David. We shall find it in the king of Israel, when he pined for the vineyard of Naboth, and shed his blood to gain it. Yea, it was envy that perpetrated that most atrocious crime ever planned in hell or executed on earth, on which the sun refused to look, and at which Nature gave signs of abhorrence by the rending of the rocks: I mean the crucifixion of Christ; for the Evangelist tells us that for envy the Jews delivered our Lord. (J. A. James.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,WEB: "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him, |
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