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Acts 7

Acts 7:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
n when
akouo (Greek #191)
to hear (in various senses)
KJV usage: give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Pronounce: ak-oo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
Jacob
Iakob (Greek #2384)
Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
KJV usage: also an Israelite:--Jacob.
Pronounce: ee-ak-obe'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03290)
heard
akouo (Greek #191)
to hear (in various senses)
KJV usage: give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Pronounce: ak-oo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
that there was
on (Greek #5607)
and the neuter ὄν (on) present participle of 1510; being
KJV usage: be, come, have.
Pronounce: oan
Origin: οὖσα (oo'-sah)
corn
sitos (Greek #4621)
grain, especially wheat
KJV usage: corn, wheat.
Pronounce: see'-tos
Origin: σῖτα (see'-tah) of uncertain derivation
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Egypt
Aiguptos (Greek #125)
of uncertain derivation
KJV usage: Ægyptus, the land of the Nile:--Egypt.
Pronounce: ah'-ee-goop-tos
, he sent out
exapostello (Greek #1821)
to send away forth, i.e. (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
KJV usage: send (away, forth, out).
Pronounce: ex-ap-os-tel'-lo
Origin: from 1537 and 649
our
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
fathers
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pater (Greek #3962)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV usage: father, parent.
Pronounce: pat-ayr'
Origin: apparently a primary word
first
proton (Greek #4412)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
KJV usage: before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Pronounce: pro'-ton
Origin: neuter of 4413 as adverb (with or without 3588)
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Gen. 42:1‑2• 1And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why look ye one on another?
 2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down thither, and buy for us from thence, in order that we may live and not die. (Gen. 42:1‑2)

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Cross References

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Gen. 42:1‑24• 1And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why look ye one on another?
 2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down thither, and buy for us from thence, in order that we may live and not die.
 3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy out of Egypt.
 4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
 5So the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
 6And Joseph, he [was] the governor over the land; he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
 7And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly with them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
 8And Joseph knew his brethren; but they knew him not.
 9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
 10And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food thy servants are come.
 11We [are] all sons of one man; we [are] true; thy servants are not spies.
 12And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
 13And they said, Thy servants [were] twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan: and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father; and one [is] not.
 14And Joseph said to them, That [is it] that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye [are] spies.
 15By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence unless your youngest brother come hither.
 16Send one of you that he may fetch your brother; but ye shall be bound, and your words shall be put to proof whether the truth [is] in you; and if not, as Pharaoh liveth, ye [are] spies.
 17And he gathered them all into ward three days.
 18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do that ye may live: I fear God.
 19If ye [are] true, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of their prison; but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;
 20and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words may be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.
 21Then said they one to another, We [are] indeed guilty concerning our brother whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us and we did not hearken: therefore is this distress come upon us.
 22And Reuben answered them saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? but ye did not hearken; and now, behold, his blood also is required.
 23And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
 24And he turned away from them and wept. (Gen. 42:1‑24)
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Gen. 43:2• 2And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food. (Gen. 43:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

W. Kelly Translation

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But Jacob, having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers first;