Acts 7:1–29

Then said the high priest, Are these things so? ²And he said,

^aMen, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in ^bMesopotamia, ^cbefore he dwelt in Charran, ³and said unto him, ^dGet thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. ⁴Then ^ccame he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, ^ewhen his father was dead, ^fhe ^gremoved him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. ⁵And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that ^hhe would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, ⁱwhen as yet he had no child. ⁶And God spake on this wise, That ^khis seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil ^lfour hundred years. ⁷And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and ^mserve me in this place. ⁸And ⁿhe gave him the covenant of circumcision: and ^oso Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and ^pIsaac begat Jacob; and ^qJacob begat the twelve ^rpatriarchs. ⁹And ^rthe patriarchs, ^smoved with envy, ^tsold Joseph into Egypt: but ^uGod was with him, ¹⁰and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and ^xgave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. ^11yNow there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. ^12zBut when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. ¹³And ^aat the second time Joseph ^bwas made known to his brethren; and ^cJoseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. ^14dThen sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and ^eall his kindred, ^fthreescore and fifteen ^gsouls. ¹⁵So Jacob ^hwent down into Egypt, and ⁱdied, he, and ^jour fathers, ¹⁶and ^kwere carried over into ^lSychem, and laid in the sepulchre that ^mAbraham bought for a sum of money ^mnof the sons of Emmor ^othe father of Sychem. ¹⁷But when ^pthe time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, ^qthe people grew and multiplied in Egypt, ¹⁸till another king arose, ^rwhich knew not Joseph. ¹⁹The same ^sdealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, ^tso that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not ^ulive. ²⁰In which time ^xMoses was born, and was exceeding ^yfair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months: ²¹and ^zwhen he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. ²²And Moses was learned in all ^athe wisdom of the Egyptians, and was ^bmighty in words and in deeds. ²³And when he was full forty years old, ^cit came into his heart ^dto visit his brethren the children of Israel. ²⁴And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: ²⁵for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. ^26eAnd the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? ²⁷But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, ^fWho made thee a ruler and a judge over us? ²⁸Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? ^29gThen fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, ^hwhere he begat two sons.