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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

11

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

12

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

13

And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

14

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

15

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

16

And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

17

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18

Till ° another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

Acts 7:9

7:9 the patriarchs, moved with envy. In documenting the long-continued rebellion of the Israelite leaders against God’s plan, Stephen thus notes that this began with the very first generation of the children of Israel.

Acts 7:14

7:14 threescore and fifteen souls. In Genesis 46:27, we are told that “all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.” A number of ways have been suggested for correlating these two numbers. Probably the most natural solution is to assume that the seventy-five included several wives of Jacob’s sons who were not actually “of the house of Jacob” but who did come into Egypt and were recognized as his kindred.

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