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Acts 7:7-9
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7 and the nation that[a] they will serve as slaves, I will judge,’ God said, ‘and after these things they will come out[b] and will worship me in this place.’[c] 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac did so with[d] Jacob, and Jacob did so with[e] the twelve patriarchs. 9 And the patriarchs, because they[f] were jealous of Joseph, sold him[g] into Egypt. And God was with him,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:7 Literally “to which”
  2. Acts 7:7 Verses 6–7 are a quotation from Gen 15:13–14
  3. Acts 7:7 The final phrase is an allusion to Exod 3:12
  4. Acts 7:8 Here the words “did so with” are not in the Greek text but are implied; in view of the “covenant of circumcision” mentioned earlier in the verse, it is probable that circumcision and not just fatherhood is involved
  5. Acts 7:8 Here the words “did so with” are not in the Greek text but are implied; see the note on the same phrase earlier in this verse
  6. Acts 7:9 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were jealous of”) which is understood as causal
  7. Acts 7:9 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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