Hechos 7:12

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12 Y como oyese Jacob que hab铆a trigo en Egipto, envi贸 a nuestros padres la primera vez.

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 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F21 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 91. fol. 78. 1, 2.
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Hechos 7:12 In-Context

10 y le libr贸 de todas sus tribulaciones, y le dio gracia y sabidur铆a en la presencia de Fara贸n, rey de Egipto, el cual le puso por gobernador sobre Egipto, y sobre toda su casa.
11 Vino entonces hambre en toda la tierra de Egipto y de Cana谩n, y grande tribulaci贸n; y nuestros padres no hallaban alimentos.
12 Y como oyese Jacob que hab铆a trigo en Egipto, envi贸 a nuestros padres la primera vez.
13 Y en la segunda, Jos茅 fue conocido de sus hermanos, y fue sabido de Fara贸n el linaje de Jos茅.
14 Y enviando Jos茅, hizo venir a su padre Jacob, y a toda su parentela, en n煤mero de setenta y cinco personas.
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