Acts 7:9 Cross References - Darby

⁹ And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

⁴ And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness. ⁵ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more. ⁶ And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt: ⁷ Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf. ⁸ And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words. ⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me. ¹⁰ And he told [it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? ¹¹ And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.

¹⁸ And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death. ¹⁹ And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer! ²⁰ And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams. ²¹ And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life. ²² And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again. ²³ And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on; ²⁴ and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it. ²⁵ And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum -- going to carry [it] down to Egypt. ²⁶ And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood? ²⁷ Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him]. ²⁸ And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt. ²⁹ And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

² And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

⁵ And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian`s house for Joseph`s sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

²¹ And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house. ²² And the chief of the tower-house committed to Joseph`s hand all the prisoners that were in the tower-house; and whatever they had to do there he did. ²³ The chief of the tower-house looked not to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and what he did, Jehovah made it prosper.

⁴ And Joseph said to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

²³ The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him; ²⁴ But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:

¹⁵ And when Joseph`s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him! ¹⁶ And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying, ¹⁷ Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. ¹⁸ And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen. ¹⁹ And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God? ²⁰ Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is] this day, to save a great people alive.

¹⁷ He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.

¹⁰ -- Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

² When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

¹⁸ For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.