rsv Acts:7:10-18
rsv@Acts:7:10 @ and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.
rsv@Acts:7:11 @ Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
rsv@Acts:7:12 @ But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
rsv@Acts:7:13 @ And at the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
rsv@Acts:7:14 @ And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five souls;
rsv@Acts:7:15 @ and Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, himself and our fathers,
rsv@Acts:7:16 @ and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
rsv@Acts:7:17 @ "But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt
rsv@Acts:7:18 @ till there arose over Egypt another king who had not known Joseph.
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