Acts 7:11

Acts 7:11

The Patriarchs in Egypt

9 ^a“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, ^bsold Joseph into Egypt. ^cBut God was with him

10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, ^aand gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

11 ^aNow a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance.

12 ^aBut when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

13 And the ^asecond time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh.

14 ^aThen Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and ^ball his relatives to him, seventy-five people.

15 ^aSo Jacob went down to Egypt; ^band he died, he and our fathers.

16 And ^athey were carried back to Shechem and laid in ^bthe tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.

God Delivers Israel by Moses

17 “But when ^athe time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, ^bthe people grew and multiplied in Egypt

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Found no sustenance (oux huriskon xortasmata). Imperfect active, kept on not finding.

Chortasmata is from

chortaz", originally to feed with grass (xortov) or herbs. Old word, but only here in the N.T. and includes food for both men and animals. In Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:32 it is fodder for the cattle, a first necessity for owners of herds of cattle.

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