9"Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him


In Context

6 God spoke to him in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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.'

8 Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

9 "Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.

11 "Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our fathers could not find food.

Acts 7:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9|The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,