Acts 7:9-16 - The Patriarchs In Egypt

⁹ "[And when] these patriarchs, [still living in Canaan as young men], became jealous of [their brother] Joseph, they sold him [as a slave to traveling merchants who took him] to Egypt. But God was with him [during all that time], ¹⁰ and rescued him from all his troubles and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him a governor over Egypt and his [i.e., the king's] household. ¹¹ "Now a great famine occurred all over Egypt and Canaan, causing extreme hardships, and our forefathers did not have enough to live on. ¹² But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons [down there] on their first trip. ¹³ On their second trip Joseph identified himself to his brothers, and Pharaoh was made aware of his origins. ¹⁴ Joseph then sent [to Canaan] for his father Jacob and all seventy-five of his relatives. ¹⁵ So, Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our forefathers. ¹⁶ Their bodies were carried back [from Egypt] to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had purchased in Shechem from the sons of Hamor for a sum of silver. [Note: "Shechem" was a town in Israel, the country which in New Testament times was known as Samaria].