Hechos 7:12

12 Al enterarse Jacob de que había comida en Egipto, mandó allá a nuestros antepasados en una primera visita.

Hechos 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.

Hechos 7:12 In-Context

10 y lo libró de todas sus desgracias. Le dio sabiduría para ganarse el favor del faraón, rey de Egipto, que lo nombró gobernador del país y del palacio real.

11 »Hubo entonces un hambre que azotó a todo Egipto y a Canaán, causando mucho sufrimiento, y nuestros antepasados no encontraban alimentos.

12 Al enterarse Jacob de que había comida en Egipto, mandó allá a nuestros antepasados en una primera visita.

13 En la segunda, José se dio a conocer a sus hermanos, y el faraón supo del origen de José.

14 Después de esto, José mandó llamar a su padre Jacob y a toda su familia, setenta y cinco personas en total.