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Acts 7:7-9
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Acts 7:7-9
New Century Version
7 But I will punish the nation where they are slaves. Then your descendants will leave that land and will worship me in this place.’[a] 8 God made an agreement with Abraham, the sign of which was circumcision. And so when Abraham had his son Isaac, Abraham circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob did the same for his sons, the twelve ancestors[b] of our people.
9 “Jacob’s sons became jealous of Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
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- 7:6–7 ‘Your descendants . . . place.’ Quotation from Genesis 15:13–14 and Exodus 3:12.
- 7:8 twelve ancestors Important ancestors of the people of Israel; the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Acts 7:7-9
New International Version
Acts 7:7-9
New International Version
7 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’[a](A) 8 Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision.(B) And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth.(C) Later Isaac became the father of Jacob,(D) and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.(E)
9 “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(F) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(G) But God was with him(H)
Footnotes
- Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14
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