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Acts 7:2-16

2AndhesaidG5346,Brethrenandfathersπατέρες,pateresG3962, hearken.TheGodθεὸςtheosG2316ofgloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391appearedtoourfatherπατρὶpatriG3962AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraamG11whenhewasG1510inMesopotamiaΜεσοποταμίᾳMesopotamiaG3318,beforehedweltinCharran,

3andsaidG3004tohim,GoἔξελθεexeltheG1831outofthylandG1093andoutofthy kindred,andcomeG1831intothelandG1093whichIwillshew thee.

4ThenΤότεToteG5119goingG1831outofthelandγῆςgēsG1093oftheChaldeanshedweltinCharran,andthence,afterhisfatherπατέραpateraG3962diedG599,heremovedhimintothislandγῆνgēnG1093inwhichyenowνῦνnunG3568dwellG2730.

5AndhedidnotgiveἔδωκενedōkenG1325himaninheritanceκληρονομίανklēronomianG2817init,notevenG2532whathisfootποδὸςpodosG4228could standon;andpromisedG1861togiveδοῦναιdounaiG1325ittohimforapossessionκατάσχεσινkataschesinG2697,andtohisseedG4690afterhim,whenhehadnochildτέκνου.teknouG5043.

6AndGodθεός,theosG2316spokeG2980thusοὕτωςhoutōsG3779:HisseedσπέρμαspermaG4690shallbeἔσταιestaiG1510asojournerinastrangelandγῇgēaG1093,andtheyshallenslavethemandevil entreat [them]fourτετρακόσια.tetrakosiaG5071hundredG5071yearsἔτηetēG2094;

7andthenationἔθνοςethnosG1484towhichtheyshallbeinbondagewillIjudgeκρινῶkrinōG2919,saidG3004GodθεὸςtheosG2316;andafterthesethingsG3778theyshallcomeἐξελεύσονταιexeleusontaiG1831forthG1831andserveG1398meinthisplaceτόπῳtopōG5117.

8AndhegaveG1325tohim[the]covenantδιαθήκηνdiathēkēnG1242ofcircumcisionπεριτομῆς·peritomēsG4061;andthusοὕτωςhoutōsG3779hebegatIsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464andcircumcisedhimtheeighthὀγδόῃ,ogdoēG3590dayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250;andIsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464JacobἸακώβ,IakōbG2384,andJacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384thetwelveδώδεκαdōdekaG1427patriarchsπατριάρχας.patriarchasG3966.

9AndthepatriarchsπατριάρχαιpatriarchaiG3966, envyingJosephἸωσὴφIōsēphG2501,soldhimawayintoEgyptΑἴγυπτον·AiguptonG125.AndGodθεὸςtheosG2316wasG1510withhim,

10anddeliveredhimoutofallhistribulationsθλίψεωνthlipseōnG2347,andgaveG1325himfavourandwisdomσοφίανsophianG4678inthesightofPharaohΦαραὼPharaōG5328kingβασιλέωςbasileōsG935ofEgyptΑἰγύπτουAiguptouG125,andheappointedκατέστησενkatestēsenG2525himchiefoverEgyptΑἴγυπτονAiguptonG125andallhishouseοἶκονoikonG3624.

11ButafamineλιμὸςlimosG3042cameG2064uponallthelandofEgyptΑἴγυπτονAiguptonG125andCanaanΧανάανChanaanG5477,andgreatμεγάληmegalēG3173distress,andourfathersπατέρεςpateresG3962foundηὕρισκονhēuriskonG2147nofood.

12ButJacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384, havingheardG191oftherebeingG1510corninEgyptΑἴγυπτονAiguptonG125,sentoutourfathersπατέραςpaterasG3962firstπρῶτον,prōtonG4413;

13andthesecondδευτέρῳdeuterōG1208timeG1208JosephἸωσὴφIōsēphG2501wasmadeknowntohisbrethren,andthefamilyγένοςgenosG1085ofJosephἸωσήφ.IōsēphG2501becameG1096knowntoPharaohΦαραὼPharaōG5328.

14AndJosephἸωσὴφIōsēphG2501sentG649andcalledμετεκαλέσατοmetekalesatoG3333downtohimhisfatherπατέραpateraG3962JacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384andall[his] kindred, seventy-fivesoulsψυχαῖςpsuchaisG5590.

15AndJacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384wentG2597downκατέβηkatebēG2597intoEgyptΑἴγυπτον,AiguptonG125anddied,heandourfathersπατέρεςpateresG3962,

16andwerecarriedovertoSychemandplacedG5087inthesepulchrewhichAbrahamἈβραὰμAbraamG11boughtforasumofmoneyG694ofthesonsυἱῶνhuiōnG5207ofEmmorthe[father]ofSychem.

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