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Acts 7:17

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15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,Select Acts 7:15

16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.Select Acts 7:16

17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,Select Acts 7:17

18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.Select Acts 7:18

19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.Select Acts 7:19

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7:17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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7:17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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