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Butδὲwhen JacobἸακὼβheardἀκούσαςthat there wasὄνταgrainσιτίαinεἰςEgypt,Αἴγυπτονhe sent outἐξαπέστειλενourτοὺς ἡμῶνfathersπατέραςthe first time.πρῶτον
Acts 7:12
Study it in the app“But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:12, word by word
- when JacobἸακὼβIakōb
Jacob
Jacob, son of Isaac, also called Israel; father of the twelve tribes.
Where else “Iakōb” appears- heardἀκούσαςakousas
hear of
To hear about something.
Where else “akousas” appears- that there wasὄνταonta
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “onta” appears- grainσιτίαsitia
wheat
Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.
Where else “sitia” appears- EgyptΑἴγυπτονAigypton
Egypt
See it on the mapWhere else “Aigypton” appears- he sent outἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilen
send out
To dispatch someone to another place with a task to carry out.
Where else “exapesteilen” appears- fathersπατέραςpateras
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateras” appears- the first timeπρῶτονprōton
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōton” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
11Then a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers were not finding food.
12 · This verse (above)
13And on the second visit Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
To study Acts 7 in a group
1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?