Acts 7:6-29

⁶'And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

⁷and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

⁸'And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob — the twelve patriarchs;

⁹and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

¹⁰and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him — governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹¹'And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

¹²and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

¹³and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

¹⁴and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred — with seventy and five souls —

¹⁵and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

¹⁶and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

¹⁷'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁸till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

¹⁹this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

²⁰in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

²¹and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

²²and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

²³'And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

²⁴and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

²⁵and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

²⁶'On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

²⁷and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁸to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

²⁹'And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,