Acts 7:2-16

2AndG1161 Stephen declaredG5346: “BrothersG435G80 andG2532 fathersG3962, listenG191 to me! TheG3588 GodG2316 of gloryG1391 appearedG3708 toG3588 ourG1473 fatherG3962 AbrahamG11 while he wasG1510 still inG1722 MesopotamiaG3318, beforeG4250G2228 heG846 livedG2730 inG1722 HaranG5488, 3andG2532 toldG2036G4314 himG846, ‘LeaveG1831G1537 yourG4771 countryG1093 andG2532 yourG4771 kindredG4772 andG2532 goG1204 toG1519 theG3588 landG1093 I will showG1166 youG4771.’1 4So Abraham leftG1831G1537 the landG1093 of the ChaldeansG5466 and settledG2730 inG1722 HaranG5488. AfterG3326 hisG846 fatherG3962 diedG599, God broughtG3351 himG846 out of that placeG2547 and intoG1519 thisG3778 landG1093 whereG1519G3739 youG4771 are nowG3568 livingG2730.

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He gaveG1325 himG846 noG3756 inheritanceG2817 here, not evenG3761 a foot of groundG968G4228. But God promisedG1861 to giveG1325G1519 possessionG2697 ofG846 the land toG846 Abraham andG2532 hisG846 descendantsG4690G3326G846, even though he did not yet haveG1510G846G3756 a childG5043. 6GodG2316 toldG2980 him thatG3754 hisG846 descendantsG4690 would beG1510 foreignersG3941 inG1722 a strangeG245 landG1093, andG2532 that they would be enslavedG1402G846 andG2532 mistreatedG2559 four hundredG5071 yearsG2094. 7‘But IG1473 will punishG2919 theG3588 nationG1484 that enslaves themG1437G1398,’ GodG2316 saidG2036, ‘andG2532 afterwardG3326G3778 they will come forthG1831 andG2532 worshipG3000 MeG1473 inG1722 thisG3778 placeG5117.’2

8ThenG2532 God gaveG1325 Abraham the covenantG1242 of circumcisionG4061, andG2532 Abraham became the father ofG1080 IsaacG2464 andG2532 circumcisedG4059 himG846 on theG3588 eighthG3590 dayG2250. AndG2532 IsaacG2464 became the father of JacobG2384, andG2532 JacobG2384 of theG3588 twelveG1427 patriarchsG3966.

9Because theG3588 patriarchsG3966 were jealousG2206 of JosephG2501, they sold him as a slaveG591 intoG1519 EgyptG125. ButG2532 GodG2316 wasG1510 withG3326 himG846 10andG2532 rescuedG1807 himG846 fromG1537 allG3956 hisG846 troublesG2347. He grantedG1325 Joseph favorG5485 andG2532 wisdomG4678 in the sight ofG1726 PharaohG5328 kingG935 of EgyptG125, who appointedG2525 himG846 rulerG2233 overG1909 EgyptG125 andG2532 allG3650 hisG846 householdG3624.

11ThenG1161 famineG3042 andG2532 greatG3173 sufferingG2347 sweptG2064 acrossG1909G3650 EgyptG125 andG2532 CanaanG5477, andG2532 ourG1473 fathersG3962 could not findG3756G2147 foodG5527. 12When JacobG2384 heard thatG191 there wasG1510 grainG4621 inG1519 EgyptG125, he sentG1821 ourG1473 fathersG3962 on their firstG4412 visit. 13OnG1722 their secondG1208 visit, JosephG2501 revealed his identityG319 toG35883 hisG846 brothersG80, andG2532 his familyG1085 becameG1096 knownG5318 to PharaohG5328. 14ThenG1161 JosephG2501 sent forG649G3333 hisG846 fatherG3962 JacobG2384 andG2532 allG3956 his relativesG4772, seventy-fiveG1440G4002G5590 in allG1722.

15So JacobG2384 went downG2597 toG1519 EgyptG125, where heG846 andG2532 ourG1473 fathersG3962 diedG5053. 16Their bones were carried backG33464 toG1519 ShechemG4966 andG2532 placedG5087 inG1722 theG3588 tombG3418 thatG3739 AbrahamG11 had boughtG5608 fromG3844 theG3588 sonsG5207 of HamorG1697 atG1722 ShechemG4966 for a price he paidG5092 in silverG694.