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Acts 7:17

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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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  1. Acts 7:15

    So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

  2. Acts 7:16

    And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

  3. Acts 7:18

    Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

  4. Acts 7:19

    The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

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