Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 7:12

12 Yǎgè tīngjian zaì Āijí yǒu liáng , jiù dǎfa wǒmen de zǔzong , chū cì wǎng nàli qù .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 7:12 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:12

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt
Not then growing, or gathering in there, or that was of that year's produce; for the famine was strong in the land of Egypt, as well as in Canaan; but was what had been laid up, and preserved in the seven years of plenty, by the order and care of Joseph; which by some means or another, Jacob had heard of; see ( Genesis 42:1 Genesis 42:2 ) the Jews suggest ^F21, that it was by divine revelation:

he sent out our fathers first;
the first time, or the first year of the famine; or he sent them first, he laid his commands on them, or they had not gone; these were the ten sons of Jacob, and brethren of Joseph, who were sent the first time, for Benjamin stayed with his father: see ( Genesis 42:3 Genesis 42:13 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 91. fol. 78. 1, 2.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 7:12 In-Context

10 Jiù tā tuōlí yīqiè kǔnàn , yòu shǐ tā zaì Āijí wáng fǎlǎo miànqián , dé ēndiǎn yǒu zhìhuì . fǎlǎo jiù paì tā zuò Āijí guó de zǎixiàng jiān guǎn quán jiā .

11 Hòulái Āijí hé Jiānán quán dì zāoyù jīhuāng , dà shòu jiān nán , wǒmen de zǔzong , jiù jué le liáng .

12 Yǎgè tīngjian zaì Āijí yǒu liáng , jiù dǎfa wǒmen de zǔzong , chū cì wǎng nàli qù .

13 Dì èr cì Yūesè yǔ dìxiōng xiàng rèn , tāde qīnzú yĕ beì fǎlǎo zhīdào le .

14 Yūesè jiù dǎfa dìxiōng qǐng fùqin Yǎgè , hé quán jiā qī shí wǔ gèrén dōu lái .