Acts 7:10

Stephen's Defense

⁹ And the patriarchs, [because they] were jealous of Joseph, sold [him] into Egypt. And God was with him, ¹⁰ and rescued him from all his afflictions and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household. ¹¹ And a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan and great affliction, and our fathers could not find food.

Egypt

Joseph

Pharaoh

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He [was] the one who sold [food] to all the people of the land. And the brothers of Joseph came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 41:12-46

And there with us [was] a young man, a Hebrew servant of the chief of the guard, and we told him [the dream], and he interpreted our dreams for us, each according to his dream he interpreted.

Genesis 44:18

But Judah drew near to him and said, "Please my lord, let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and {let not your anger burn} against your servant, for {you are like Pharaoh himself}.

Genesis 45:8-9

So now, you yourselves did not send me here, but God put me here as father to Pharaoh and as master of all his household, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 48:16

The angel who redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And through them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.

Psalm 22:24

because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.

Psalm 34:17-19

They cry out and Yahweh hears and delivers them from all [of] their troubles.

Psalm 37:40

And Yahweh helps them and he rescues them. He rescues them from [the] wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

Psalm 40:1-3

I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

Psalm 105:19-22

Until [the] time his word came about, the word of Yahweh tested him.

Proverbs 2:6

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 3:4

And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.

Proverbs 16:7

When the ways of a man are pleasing [to] Yahweh, even his enemies he will cause to make peace with him.

2 Timothy 4:18

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save [me] for his heavenly kingdom, to whom [be] the glory {forever and ever}. Amen.

James 5:11

Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Revelation 7:14

And I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.