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Acts 7:12

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

KJV

ἀκούσας δὲ Ἰακὼβ ὄντα σιτία εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐξαπέστειλεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν πρῶτον·

Greek NT

Cum audisset autem Jacob esse frumentum in Ægypto, misit patres nostros primum :

Vulgate

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

ASV

But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Αἴγυπτος
aiguptos
noun · 25×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πρῶτον
proton
adverb · 57×
σῖτος
sitos
noun · 14×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐξαποστέλλω
exapostello
verb · 13×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰακώβ
iakob
noun · 27×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: σιτία εἰς Αἴγυπτον | WH/Treg/NIV: σιτία εἰς Αἴγυπτον | RP: σῖτα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ
  • σιτία εἰς ΑἴγυπτονSBLGNT
  • σιτία εἰς ΑἴγυπτονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σῖτα ἐν ΑἰγύπτῳRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 42:1 — Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?