Acts 7:9-16 - The Patriarchs In Egypt

⁹ The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him, ¹⁰ and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household. ¹¹ Then a famine spread all over Egypt and Canaan, and there was great suffering, and our forefathers could not find any food. ¹² But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt, and he sent our forefathers on their first visit there. ¹³ On their second visit, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh learned of Joseph's parentage. ¹⁴ Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all, ¹⁵ and Jacob came down to Egypt. There he and our forefathers died, ¹⁶ and they were carried back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.