Acts 7:12 Cross References - VIN

¹² When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.

¹ When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons: "Why are you doing nothing?" ² He said, "Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die." ³ And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. ⁴ But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him. ⁵ The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan. ⁶ Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He was the one who sold food to all the people of the land. And the brothers of Joseph came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. ⁷ And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them. And he spoke with them harshly and said to them, "From where have you come?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food." ⁸ Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. ⁹ And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, You are spies! You have come to see the exposed parts of the land! ¹⁰ But they said, No, my lord, we your servants have come to buy food; ¹¹ We are all the sons of one man. We are men of peace. Thy servants are not spies. ¹² And he said to them, No, but you have come to see the bareness of the land. ¹³ Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead. ¹⁴ Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies.' ¹⁵ By this you shall be proved; as Pharaoh lives you shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here. ¹⁶ Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret. ¹⁷ And he put them in custody three days. ¹⁸ On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live; I fear God. ¹⁹ "If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in prison. Concerning the rest of you, carry grain for the famine of your households, ²⁰ and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so. ²¹ They said to one another: "Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw his distress when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us." ²² Reuben said: "Did I not tell you? Did I say, 'Do not sin against the boy'? You would not listen! Now comes the reckoning for his blood." ²³ They were not aware that Joseph understood them, for he spake unto them by an interpreter. ²⁴ He turned away from them and wept. When he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

² When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”