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Acts Chapter 7 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 7:9

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

And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
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DARBY Acts 7:9

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

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

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WEB Acts 7:9

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

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him, for moved with envy sold Joseph, A.V., more correctly, and in accordance with Genesis 37:11, LXX.; and for but, A.V. Moved with jealousy, etc. Here breaks out that part of Stephen's argument which went to show how the Israelites had always ill-used their greatest benefactors, and resisted the leaders sent to them by God.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) The patriarchs, moved with envy.--This, interpreted by what follows, is the first step in the long induction which is to show that the elect of God had always been opposed and rejected by those who were for the time the representatives of the nation. Envy had actuated the patriarchs when they sold Joseph; envy had led their descendants to deliver up Jesus (Matthew 27:18). But man's evil will had not frustrated God's gracious purpose. Joseph was made ruler over a kingdom. A greater glory might therefore be in store for Him who had now been rejected by them.Sold Joseph into Egypt.--The objection that Joseph's brethren sold him not into Egypt, but to the Midianites and Ishmaelites (Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28), may well be dismissed as frivolous. They knew the trade which the Midianite slave-dealers carried on, and where their brother would be taken. So Joseph himself says of them "ye sold me hither" (Genesis 45:5).