Acts 7:9-43

9 "The patriarchs ¹became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

10 and rescued him from all his afflictions, and ²granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.

11 "Now ³a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.

12 "But ⁴when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

13 "On the second visit ⁵Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and ⁶Joseph's family was disclosed to Pharaoh.

14 "Then ⁷Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, ⁸seventy-five * ⁹persons in all.

15 "And ¹⁰Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

16 "From there they were removed to ¹¹Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

17 "But as the ¹²time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, ¹³the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 until ¹⁴THERE AROSE ANOTHER KING OVER EGYPT WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOSEPH.

19 "It was he who took ¹⁵shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would ¹⁶expose * their infants and they would not survive.

20 "It was at this time that ¹⁷Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home.

21 "And after he had been set outside, ¹⁸Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.

22 "Moses was educated in all ¹⁹the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.

23 "But when he was approaching the age of forty, ²⁰it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

24 "And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

25 "And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

26 "²¹On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brethren, why * do you injure one another?'

27 "But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, '²²WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US?

28 '²³YOU DO NOT MEAN TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN YESTERDAY, DO YOU?'

29 "At this remark, ²⁴MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he ²⁵became the father of two sons.

30 "After forty years had passed, ²⁶AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS OF MOUNT Sinai, IN THE FLAME OF A BURNING THORN BUSH.

31 "When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

32 '²⁷I AM THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB.' Moses shook with fear and would not venture to look.

33 "²⁸BUT THE LORD SAID TO HIM, '²⁹TAKE OFF THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND.

34 '³⁰I HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN THE OPPRESSION OF MY PEOPLE IN EGYPT AND HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANS, AND I HAVE COME DOWN TO RESCUE THEM; ³¹COME NOW, AND I WILL SEND YOU TO EGYPT.'

35 "This Moses whom they ³²disowned, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

36 "³³This man led them out, performing ³⁴wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the ³⁵wilderness for forty years.

37 "This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, '³⁶GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN.'

38 "This is the one who was in ³⁷the congregation in the wilderness together with ³⁸the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received ³⁹living ⁴⁰oracles to pass on to you.

39 "Our fathers were unwilling * to be obedient to him, but ⁴¹repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

40 ⁴²SAYING TO AARON, 'MAKE FOR US GODS WHO WILL GO BEFORE US; FOR THIS MOSES WHO LED US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT -WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM'.

41 "At that time ⁴³they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in ⁴⁴the works of their hands.

42 "But God ⁴⁵turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, '⁴⁶IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES ⁴⁷FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

43 '⁴⁸YOU ALSO TOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF THE GOD ROMPHA, THE IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL REMOVE YOU BEYOND BABYLON.'

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 37:11, 28; Genesis 39:2, 21; Genesis 45:4
• 2. Genesis 39:21; Genesis 41:40-46; Psalms 105:21
• 3. Genesis 41:54; Genesis 42:5
• 4. Genesis 42:2
• 5. Genesis 45:1-4
• 6. Genesis 45:16
• 7. Gen 45:9, 10, 17, 18
• 8. Genesis 46:26; Exodus 1:5; Deuteronomy 10:22
• 9. Acts 2:41
• 10. Genesis 46:1-7; Genesis 49:33; Exodus 1:6
• 11. Genesis 23:16; Genesis 33:19; Genesis 50:13; Joshua 24:32
• 12. Genesis 15:13
• 13. Exodus 1:7
• 14. Exodus 1:8
• 15. Exodus 1:10f, 16f
• 16. Exodus 1:22
• 17. Exodus 2:2; Hebrews 11:23
• 18. Ex 2:5f, 10
• 19. 1 Kings 4:30; Isaiah 19:11
• 20. Exodus 2:11; Hebrews 11:24-26
• 21. Exodus 2:13
• 22. Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:35
• 23. Exodus 2:14
• 24. Exodus 2:15, 22
• 25. Exodus 18:3, 4
• 26. Exodus 3:1; Isaiah 63:9
• 27. Exodus 3:6; Matthew 22:32
• 28. Exodus 3:5
• 29. Joshua 5:15
• 30. Exodus 3:7
• 31. Exodus 3:10
• 32. Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:27
• 33. Exodus 12:41; Exodus 33:1; Hebrews 8:9
• 34. Exodus 7:3; Exodus 14:21; John 4:48
• 35. Exodus 16:35; Numbers 14:33; Psalms 95:8-10; Acts 7:42; Acts 13:18; Hebrews 3:8
• 36. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18; Acts 3:22
• 37. Exodus 19:17
• 38. Acts 7:53
• 39. Deuteronomy 32:47; Hebrews 4:12
• 40. Romans 3:2; Hebrews 5:12; 1 Peter 4:11
• 41. Numbers 14:3
• 42. Exodus 32:1, 23
• 43. Exodus 32:4, 6
• 44. Revelation 9:20
• 45. Joshua 24:20; Isaiah 63:10; Jeremiah 19:13; Ezekiel 20:39
• 46. Amos 5:25
• 47. Acts 7:36
• 48. Amos 5:26, 27

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "were not finding"
• [b]. Or "was made known"
• [c]. Lit "souls"
• [d]. Gr "Sychem"
• [e]. Gr "Emmor"
• [f]. Gr "Sychem"
• [g]. Or "put out to die"
• [h]. Lit "to God"
• [i]. Or "adopted him"
• [j]. Lit "heart"
• [k]. Or "salvation"
• [l]. Lit "through his hand"
• [m]. Gr "Madiam"
• [n]. Lit "and now come!"
• [o]. Lit "has sent"
• [p]. Lit "hand"
• [q]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [r]. Or "as" He raised up "me"
• [s]. Gr "ekklesia"
• [t]. Lit "in those days"
• [u]. Or "young bull"
• [v]. Or "worship"
• [w]. I.e. heavenly bodies
• [x]. Other mss spell it: "Romphan," or "Rempham," or "Raiphan," or "Rephan"