Acts 7:9-16 - The Patriarchs In Egypt

⁹ "The patriarchs out of jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt. ¹⁰ "But God was with him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him grace and wisdom, when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor over Egypt, and over all the royal household. ¹¹ "Then there came a famine over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, so that our ancestors could not find food. ¹² "But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt, and sent our ancestors there on their first visit. ¹³ "On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's parentage. ¹⁴ "Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his family, numbering seventy-five souls, to come to him; ¹⁵ "and Jacob went down into Egypt. ¹⁶ "There he died, and our ancestors also, and they were carried across to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.