Acts 7:12
“But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.”
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Acts 7:12 Context
10And deliuered him out of all his afflictions, and gaue him fauour and wisedome in the sight of Pharao king of Egypt: and he made him gouernour ouer Egypt and all his house. 11Now there came a dearth ouer all the land of Egypt, and Chanaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13And at the second time Ioseph was made knowen to his brethren, and Iosephs kinred was made knowen vnto Pharao. 14Then sent Ioseph, and called his father Iacob to him, and all his kinred, threescore and fifteeene soules.
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But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
- King James Version
"But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers {there} the first time.
- New American Standard Version (1995)