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Acts 7:8

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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

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  1. Acts 7:6

    And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

  2. Acts 7:7

    And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

  3. Acts 7:9

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

  4. Acts 7:10

    And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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