Acts 7:9-17

Stephen's Speech

9 "And the patriarchs, c jealous of Joseph, d sold him into Egypt; but e God was with him 10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions and f gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, g who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. 11 Now h there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. 12 i But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit. 13 And j on the second visit k Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and l Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh. 14 And m Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, n seventy-five persons in all. 15 And o Jacob went down into Egypt, and p he died, he q and our fathers, 16 and r they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that s Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

17 "But t as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, u the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 37:11
    And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 37:28
    Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.
    Genesis 45:4
    So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
    Psalms 105:17
    He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 39:2
    The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.
    Genesis 39:21
    But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
    Genesis 39:23
    The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 41:37 - 40
    This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 41:41
    And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.
    Genesis 41:43
    And he made him ride in his second chariot. And they called out before him, "Bow the knee!" Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.
    Genesis 41:46
    Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.
    Genesis 42:6
    Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
    Psalms 105:21
    He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 41:54 - 55
    And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
    Genesis 42:5
    Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
    Psalms 105:16
    When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 42:1 - 3
    When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 43:2 - 15
    And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little food.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 45:1 - 4
    Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, "Make everyone go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 45:16
    When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, "Joseph's brothers have come," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 45:9 - 10
    Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.
    Genesis 45:27
    But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 46:26 - 27
    All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all.
    Exodus 1:5
    All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
    Deuteronomy 10:22
    Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 46:5
    Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
    Genesis 46:28
    He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
    Psalms 105:23
    Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 49:33
    When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 1:6
    Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 50:25
    Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.
    Exodus 13:19
    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.
    Joshua 24:32
    As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 23:16
    Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
    Genesis 33:19
    And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.
    Joshua 24:32
    As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
  18. Cross References
    Acts 7:5 - 7
    Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
  19. Cross References
    Acts 13:17
    The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
    Exodus 1:7
    But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
    Exodus 1:12
    But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
    Psalms 105:24
    And the Lord made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their foes.
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