"But then those ‘fathers,' burning up with jealousy, sent Joseph off to Egypt as a slave. God was right there with him, though—he not only rescued him from all his troubles but brought him to the attention of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He was so impressed with Joseph that he put him in charge of the whole country, including his own personal affairs.
Parallel Translations
Christian Standard Bible®
“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him
King James Version (1611)
And the Patriarchs moued with enuie, sold Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
King James Version
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
English Standard Version
"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
New American Standard Bible
"The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,
New Century Version
"Jacob's sons became jealous of Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
Amplified Bible
"The [ten elder] patriarchs, overwhelmed with jealousy, sold [their younger brother] Joseph into [slavery in] Egypt; but God was with him,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,
Legacy Standard Bible
"And the patriarchs, becoming jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,
Berean Standard Bible
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Contemporary English Version
These men were our ancestors. Joseph was also one of our famous ancestors. His brothers were jealous of him and sold him as a slave to be taken to Egypt. But God was with him
Complete Jewish Bible
"Now the Patriarchs grew jealous of Yosef and sold him into slavery in Egypt . But Adonai was with him;
Darby Translation
And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,
Easy-to-Read Version
"These ancestors of ours became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
George Lamsa Translation
And our forefathers were jealous of Joseph; so they sold him into Egypt; but God was with him.
Good News Translation
"Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
Lexham English Bible
And the patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. And God was with him,
Literal Translation
And being jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
American Standard Version
And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
Bible in Basic English
And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
Hebrew Names Version
"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Yosef, sold him into Mitzrayim. God was with him,
International Standard Version "The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slaveas a slave">[fn] into Egypt. However, God was with himGenesis 37:4,11,
28;
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Etheridge Translation
And these our fathers were incited against Jauseph, and sold him into Mitsreen. And Aloha was with him:
Murdock Translation
And those our fathers envied Joseph, and sold him into Egypt: but God was with him,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym,
English Revised Version
And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
World English Bible
"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the patriachs moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him,
Weymouth's New Testament
"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the patriarkis hadden enuye to Joseph, and selden hym in to Egipt.
Update Bible Version
And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
New English Translation
The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
New King James Version
"And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
New Living Translation
"These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
New Life Bible
"The sons of Jacob sold Joseph to people from the country of Egypt because they were jealous of him. But God was with Joseph.
New Revised Standard
"The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the patriarchs, being jealous of Joseph, gave him up into Egypt; and, God, was, with him,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,
Revised Standard Version
"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the patriarkes havinge indignacio solde Ioseph into Egipte. And God was with him
Young's Literal Translation
and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the Patriarkes had indignacion at Ioseph, and solde hi in to Egipte. And God was with him,
Mace New Testament (1729)
the patriarchs being jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt: but God was with him,
Simplified Cowboy Version
"Now these patriarchs were jealous of one of their brothers. They ended up selling their brother Joseph to some slavers from Egypt. But God was takin' care of Joseph
Contextual Overview
1 Then the Chief Priest said, "What do you have to say for yourself?" 2Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, ‘Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.' 4"So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live, but God gave him nothing, not so much as a foothold. He did promise to give the country to him and his son later on, even though Abraham had no son at the time. God let him know that his offspring would move to an alien country where they would be enslaved and brutalized for four hundred years. ‘But,' God said, ‘I will step in and take care of those slaveholders and bring my people out so they can worship me in this place.' 8 "Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign. 9"But then those ‘fathers,' burning up with jealousy, sent Joseph off to Egypt as a slave. God was right there with him, though—he not only rescued him from all his troubles but brought him to the attention of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He was so impressed with Joseph that he put him in charge of the whole country, including his own personal affairs. 11"Later a famine descended on that entire region, stretching from Egypt to Canaan, bringing terrific hardship. Our hungry fathers looked high and low for food, but the cupboard was bare. Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent our fathers to scout it out. Having confirmed the report, they went back to Egypt a second time to get food. On that visit, Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers and introduced the Jacob family to Pharaoh. Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all. That's how the Jacob family got to Egypt. "Jacob died, and our fathers after him. They were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb for which Abraham paid a good price to the sons of Hamor. "When the four hundred years were nearly up, the time God promised Abraham for deliverance, the population of our people in Egypt had become very large. And there was now a king over Egypt who had never heard of Joseph. He exploited our race mercilessly. He went so far as forcing us to abandon our newborn infants, exposing them to the elements to die a cruel death. "In just such a time Moses was born, a most beautiful baby. He was hidden at home for three months. When he could be hidden no longer, he was put outside—and immediately rescued by Pharaoh's daughter, who mothered him as her own son. Moses was educated in the best schools in Egypt. He was equally impressive as a thinker and an athlete. "When he was forty years old, he wondered how everything was going with his Hebrew kin and went out to look things over. He saw an Egyptian abusing one of them and stepped in, avenging his underdog brother by knocking the Egyptian flat. He thought his brothers would be glad that he was on their side, and even see him as an instrument of God to deliver them. But they didn't see it that way. The next day two of them were fighting and he tried to break it up, told them to shake hands and get along with each other: ‘Friends, you are brothers, why are you beating up on each other?' "The one who had started the fight said, ‘Who put you in charge of us? Are you going to kill me like you killed that Egyptian yesterday?' When Moses heard that, realizing that the word was out, he ran for his life and lived in exile over in Midian. During the years of exile, two sons were born to him. "Forty years later, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the guise of flames of a burning bush. Moses, not believing his eyes, went up to take a closer look. He heard God's voice: ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Frightened nearly out of his skin, Moses shut his eyes and turned away. "God said, ‘Kneel and pray. You are in a holy place, on holy ground. I've seen the agony of my people in Egypt. I've heard their groans. I've come to help them. So get yourself ready; I'm sending you back to Egypt.' "This is the same Moses whom they earlier rejected, saying, ‘Who put you in charge of us?' This is the Moses that God, using the angel flaming in the burning bush, sent back as ruler and redeemer. He led them out of their slavery. He did wonderful things, setting up God-signs all through Egypt, down at the Red Sea, and out in the wilderness for forty years. This is the Moses who said to his congregation, ‘God will raise up a prophet just like me from your descendants.' This is the Moses who stood between the angel speaking at Sinai and your fathers assembled in the wilderness and took the life-giving words given to him and handed them over to us, words our fathers would have nothing to do with. "They craved the old Egyptian ways, whining to Aaron, ‘Make us gods we can see and follow. This Moses who got us out here miles from nowhere—who knows what's happened to him!' That was the time when they made a calf-idol, brought sacrifices to it, and congratulated each other on the wonderful religious program they had put together. "God wasn't at all pleased; but he let them do it their way, worship every new god that came down the pike—and live with the consequences, consequences described by the prophet Amos: Did you bring me offerings of animals and grains those forty wilderness years, O Israel? Hardly. You were too busy building shrines to war gods, to sex goddesses, Worshiping them with all your might. That's why I put you in exile in Babylon. "And all this time our ancestors had a tent shrine for true worship, made to the exact specifications God provided Moses. They had it with them as they followed Joshua, when God cleared the land of pagans, and still had it right down to the time of David. David asked God for a permanent place for worship. But Solomon built it. "Yet that doesn't mean that Most High God lives in a building made by carpenters and masons. The prophet Isaiah put it well when he wrote, "Heaven is my throne room; I rest my feet on earth. So what kind of house will you build me?" says God. "Where I can get away and relax? It's already built, and I built it." "And you continue, so bullheaded! Calluses on your hearts, flaps on your ears! Deliberately ignoring the Holy Spirit, you're just like your ancestors. Was there ever a prophet who didn't get the same treatment? Your ancestors killed anyone who dared talk about the coming of the Just One. And you've kept up the family tradition—traitors and murderers, all of you. You had God's Law handed to you by angels—gift-wrapped!—and you squandered it!" At that point they went wild, a rioting mob of catcalls and whistles and invective. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, hardly noticed—he only had eyes for God, whom he saw in all his glory with Jesus standing at his side. He said, "Oh! I see heaven wide open and the Son of Man standing at God's side!" Yelling and hissing, the mob drowned him out. Now in full stampede, they dragged him out of town and pelted him with rocks. The ringleaders took off their coats and asked a young man named Saul to watch them. As the rocks rained down, Stephen prayed, "Master Jesus, take my life." Then he knelt down, praying loud enough for everyone to hear, "Master, don't blame them for this sin"—his last words. Then he died. 16Stephen, Full of the Holy Spirit Then the Chief Priest said, "What do you have to say for yourself?" Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, ‘Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.' "So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live, but God gave him nothing, not so much as a foothold. He did promise to give the country to him and his son later on, even though Abraham had no son at the time. God let him know that his offspring would move to an alien country where they would be enslaved and brutalized for four hundred years. ‘But,' God said, ‘I will step in and take care of those slaveholders and bring my people out so they can worship me in this place.' "Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign. "But then those ‘fathers,' burning up with jealousy, sent Joseph off to Egypt as a slave. God was right there with him, though—he not only rescued him from all his troubles but brought him to the attention of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He was so impressed with Joseph that he put him in charge of the whole country, including his own personal affairs. "Later a famine descended on that entire region, stretching from Egypt to Canaan, bringing terrific hardship. Our hungry fathers looked high and low for food, but the cupboard was bare. Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent our fathers to scout it out. Having confirmed the report, they went back to Egypt a second time to get food. On that visit, Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers and introduced the Jacob family to Pharaoh. Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all. That's how the Jacob family got to Egypt. "Jacob died, and our fathers after him. They were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb for which Abraham paid a good price to the sons of Hamor.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
moved: Genesis 37:4-11, Genesis 49:23, Matthew 27:18
sold: Genesis 37:18-29, Genesis 45:4, Genesis 50:15-20, Psalms 105:17
but: Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:5, Genesis 39:21-23, Genesis 49:24, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:27 - seeing Genesis 30:24 - And she Genesis 37:9 - the sun Genesis 37:11 - envied Genesis 37:28 - sold Genesis 39:1 - Joseph Genesis 45:5 - God Genesis 49:26 - was separate Judges 11:7 - Did not ye hate 1 Samuel 18:12 - the Lord 2 Kings 18:7 - And the Lord 1 Chronicles 9:20 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 15:9 - they saw Proverbs 14:30 - envy Proverbs 27:4 - but Ecclesiastes 4:4 - every Jeremiah 1:8 - for I am Haggai 2:4 - for Luke 2:52 - and in Acts 2:29 - the patriarch Acts 5:17 - indignation Acts 7:35 - Moses Acts 7:51 - as Acts 17:5 - moved Hebrews 7:4 - the patriarch James 3:14 - if James 4:5 - The spirit
Cross-References
Genesis 7:6Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters covered the Earth. Noah and his wife and sons and their wives boarded the ship to escape the flood. Clean and unclean animals, birds, and all the crawling creatures came in pairs to Noah and to the ship, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah. In seven days the floodwaters came.
Genesis 7:11It was the six-hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month that it happened: all the underground springs erupted and all the windows of Heaven were thrown open. Rain poured for forty days and forty nights.
Galatians 3:28In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ's family, then you are Abraham's famous "descendant," heirs according to the covenant promises.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the patriarchs, moved with envy,.... See Genesis 37:11 the sons of Jacob and brethren of Joseph were filled with envy, and enraged at him, because of the evil report of them he brought to his father; and because he had a greater share in his father's love than they had; and because of his dreams, which signified that he should have the dominion over them, and they should be obliged to yield obedience to him: wherefore they
sold Joseph into Egypt; they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, who were going down to Egypt, and who carried him thither with them: these twenty pieces of silver, the Jews say, the ten brethren of Joseph divided among themselves; everyone took two shekels, and bought shoes for his feet; to which they apply the passage in Amos 2:6 "they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes" k: and they suggest, that the redemption of the firstborn among the Israelites on account of the selling of Joseph; they say l,
"because they sold the firstborn of Rachel for twenty pieces of silver, let everyone redeem his son, his firstborn, with twenty pieces of silver; says R. Phinehas, in the name of R. Levi, because they sold the firstborn of Rachel for twenty pieces of silver, and there fell to each of them a piece of coined money (the value of half a shekel), therefore let everyone pay his shekel coined.''
They also affirm m, that the selling of Joseph was not expiated by the tribes, until they were dead, according to Isaiah 22:14 and that on the account of it, there was a famine in the land of Israel seven years. There seems to be some likeness between the treatment of Joseph and Jesus Christ, which Stephen may have some respect unto; as Joseph was sold by his brethren for twenty of silver, so Christ was sold by one of his disciples, that ate bread with him, for thirty pieces of silver; and as it was through envy the brethren of Joseph used him in this manner, so it was through envy that the Jews delivered Jesus Christ to Pontius Pilate, to be condemned to death: of this selling of Joseph into Egypt, Justin the historian speaks n; his words are,
"Joseph was the youngest of his brethren, whose excellent wit his brethren fearing, secretly took him and sold him to strange merchants, by whom he was carried into Egypt.''
And then follow other things concerning him, some true and some false; Stephen here adds,
but God was with him; see Genesis 39:2 he was with him, and prospered him in Potiphar's house; he was with him, and kept him from the temptations of his mistress; he was with him in prison, and supported and comforted him, and at length delivered him from it, and promoted him as follows; and caused all the evil that befell him to work for good to him and his father's family.
k Pirke Eliezer, c. 38. l T. Hieros. Shekalim, fol. 46. 4. m Pirke Eliezer, ib. n L. 36. c. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Moved with envy - That is, dissatisfied with the favor which their father Jacob showed Joseph, and envious at the dreams which indicated that he was to be raised to remarkable honor above his parents and brethren, Genesis 37:3-11.
Sold Joseph into Egypt - Sold him, that he might be taken to Egypt. This was done at the suggestion of âJudah,â who advised it that Joseph might not be put to death by his brethren, Genesis 37:28. It is possible that Stephen, by this fact, might have designed to prepare the way for a severe rebuke of the Jews for having dealt in a similar manner with their Messiah.
But God was with him - God protected him, and overruled all these wicked doings, so that he was raised to extraordinary honors.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 7:9. And the patriarchs — The twelve sons of Jacob, thus called because each was chief or head of his respective family or tribe.
Moved with envy — ζηλÏÏανÏεÏ. We translate Î¶Î·Î»Î¿Ï variously: zeal or fervent affection, whether its object be good or bad, is its general meaning; and Î¶Î·Î»Î¿Ï signifies to be indignant, envious, c. Acts 5:17; Acts 5:17. The brethren of Joseph, hearing of his dreams, and understanding them to portend his future advancement, filled with envy, (with which no ordinary portion of malice was associated,) sold Joseph into the land of Egypt, hoping by this means to prevent his future grandeur but God, from whom the portents came, was with him, and made their envy the direct means of accomplishing the great design.
