New American Standard Bible 2020

Acts 7:2-16

2AndStephen saidἔφη·ephēG5346, “Listenἀκούσατε.akousateG191to me,brothersἄνδρες ἀδελφοὶandres adelphoiG435 G80and fathersπατέρες,pateresG3962!The GodθεὸςtheosG2316of gloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391appearedG3708to our fatherπατρὶpatriG3962AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraamG11when he was in MesopotamiaΜεσοποταμίᾳMesopotamiaG3318,beforeπρὶνprinG4250he livedκατοικῆσαιkatoikēsaiG2730inHaranΧαρράν,CharranG5488,

3and He saidG3004to him, ‘GoἔξελθεexeltheG1831fromG1831your countryγῆςgēsG1093and your relativesσυγγενείαςsungeneiasG4772,and comeδεῦροdeuroG1204to the landγῆνgēnG1093whichἣνhēnG3739I will showδείξω.¶deixōG1166you.’

4ThenΤότεToteG5119he leftἐξελθὼνexelthōnG1831the landγῆςgēsG1093of the ChaldeansΧαλδαίωνChaldaiōnG5466and settledκατῴκησενkatōkēsenG2730inHaranΧαρράν·CharranG5488. AndfromG2547thereG2547,afterμετὰmetaG3326his fatherπατέραpateraG3962diedἀποθανεῖνapothaneinG599, Godhad him moveμετῴκισενmetōkisenG3351to thisταύτηνtautēnG3778countryγῆνgēnG1093in whichἣνhēnG3739you are nowνῦνnunG3568livingκατοικεῖτε,katoikeiteG2730.

5But He gaveἔδωκενedōkenG1325him noG3756inheritanceκληρονομίανklēronomianG2817in it, not evenοὐδὲoudeG3761a footποδὸςpodosG4228of groundβῆμαbēmaG968, and yet,He promisedἐπηγγείλατοepēngeilatoG1861that He would giveδοῦναιdounaiG1325it to him as a possessionκατάσχεσινkataschesinG2697,and to his descendantsσπέρματιspermatiG4690afterμετ᾽met᾽G3326him, eventhough he had no childτέκνου.teknouG5043.

6ButGodθεός,theosG2316spokeἐλάλησενelalēsenG2980toG3779thisG3779effectG3779, that hisdescendantsσπέρμαspermaG4690would be strangersπάροικονparoikonG3941in a landγῇgēaG1093that was notG245theirsG245, andthey would enslaveδουλώσουσινdoulōsousinG1402and mistreatκακώσουσινkakōsousinG2559themfor fourτετρακόσια.tetrakosiaG5071hundredG5071yearsἔτηetēG2094.

7‘And whateverἐὰνeanG3739 G1437nationἔθνοςethnosG1484to whichG3739they are enslavedG1398I Myselfἐγώ,egōG1473will judgeκρινῶkrinōG2919,’saidG3004GodθεὸςtheosG2316, ‘andafterμετὰmetaG3326that they will comeἐξελεύσονταιexeleusontaiG1831out andserveλατρεύσουσίνlatreusousinG3000Me in thisG3778placeτόπῳtopōG5117.’

8And HegaveἔδωκενedōkenG1325himthe covenantδιαθήκηνdiathēkēnG1242of circumcisionπεριτομῆς·peritomēsG4061;and soοὕτωςhoutōsG3779AbrahamfatheredἐγέννησενegennēsenG1080IsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464,and circumcisedπεριέτεμενperietemenG4059him on the eighthὀγδόῃ,ogdoēG3590dayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250; andIsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464fatheredJacobἸακώβ,IakōbG2384, andJacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384,the twelveδώδεκαdōdekaG1427patriarchsπατριάρχας.patriarchasG3966.

9“The patriarchsπατριάρχαιpatriarchaiG3966becameG2206jealousG2206of JosephἸωσὴφIōsēphG2501and soldἀπέδοντοapedontoG591him into EgyptΑἴγυπτον·AiguptonG125. YetGodθεὸςtheosG2316was with him,

10and rescuedἐξείλατοexeilatoG1807him from allπασῶνpasōnG3956his afflictionsθλίψεωνthlipseōnG2347, andgrantedἔδωκενedōkenG1325him favorχάρινcharinG5485and wisdomσοφίανsophianG4678inG1726theG1726sightG1726of PharaohΦαραὼPharaōG5328,kingβασιλέωςbasileōsG935of EgyptΑἰγύπτουAiguptouG125,and he madeκατέστησενkatestēsenG2525him governorἡγούμενονhēgoumenonG2233overG1909EgyptΑἴγυπτονAiguptonG125and his entireὅλονholonG3650householdοἶκονoikonG3624.

11“NowδὲdeG1161a famineλιμὸςlimosG3042cameἦλθενēlthenG2064overἐφ᾽eph᾽G1909allὅληνholēnG3650EgyptΑἴγυπτονAiguptonG125and CanaanΧανάανChanaanG5477,and greatμεγάληmegalēG3173afflictionθλῖψιςthlipsisG2347with it,and our fathersπατέρεςpateresG3962could findηὕρισκονhēuriskonG2147noοὐχouchG3756foodχορτάσματαchortasmataG5527.

12Butwhen JacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384heardἈκούσαςAkousasG191that there was grainG4619in EgyptΑἴγυπτονAiguptonG125,he sentἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenG1821our fathersπατέραςpaterasG3962therethe firstπρῶτον,prōtonG4413timeG4413.

13And on the secondδευτέρῳdeuterōG1208visit,JosephἸωσὴφIōsēphG2501madeG1107himself knownG1107to his brothersἀδελφοῖςadelphoisG80, andJoseph’sἸωσήφ.IōsēphG2501familyγένοςgenosG1085was revealedφανερὸνphaneronG5318to PharaohΦαραὼPharaōG5328.

14ThenκαὶkaiG2532JosephἸωσὴφIōsēphG2501sentἀποστείλαςaposteilasG649wordand invitedμετεκαλέσατοmetekalesatoG3333his fatherπατέραpateraG3962JacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384and allπᾶσανpasanG3956his relativesσυγγένειανsungeneianG4772to come to him,seventy-fiveἑβδομήκοντα πέντε.hebdomēkonta penteG1440 G4002peopleψυχαῖςpsuchaisG5590in all.

15AndJacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384wentG2597downκατέβηkatebēG2597to EgyptΑἴγυπτον,AiguptonG125,and he and our fathersπατέρεςpateresG3962diedἐτελεύτησενeteleutēsenG5053there.

16And they were broughtG3346backG3346from there toShechemΣυχὲμSuchemG4966and laidἐτέθησανetethēsanG5087in the tombμνήματιmnēmatiG3418whichᾧhōG3739AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraamG11had purchasedὠνήσατοōnēsatoG5608for a sumτιμῆςtimēsG5092of moneyἀργυρίουarguriouG694from the sonsυἱῶνhuiōnG5207ofHamorἙμμὼρHemmōrG1697inShechemΣυχέμ.SuchemG4966.

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