Actes 7:12

12 Mais Jacob, ayant appris qu'il y avait du blé en Égypte, y envoya nos pères, une première fois.

Actes 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.

Actes 7:12 In-Context

10 Il le délivra de toutes ses afflictions, et lui donna sagesse et grâce devant Pharaon, roi d'Égypte, qui l'établit gouverneur d'Égypte et de toute sa maison.

11 Alors il arriva une famine dans tout le pays d'Égypte, et en Canaan, et une grande misère, en sorte que nos pères ne trouvaient point de vivres.

12 Mais Jacob, ayant appris qu'il y avait du blé en Égypte, y envoya nos pères, une première fois.

13 Et la seconde fois, Joseph fut reconnu par ses frères, et Pharaon connut la famille de Joseph.

14 Alors Joseph envoya chercher Jacob son père, et toute sa famille, qui consistait en soixante et quinze personnes.