Acts of the Apostles 7:9

In context

7‘But I will judge the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out and worship me in this place.’ 8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. 9The patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him 10and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, who put him in charge of Egypt and of his whole household. 11Then famine and great hardship came over all Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find nothing to eat.