Acts of the Apostles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1147

7-2 ACTS. 7--33

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and fathers, listen! The God of Majesty appeared to our forefather Abraham, while be.wa,s in Mesopo- tamia, before he settled in Charrau; and said to him, Dmmzx mom vom: own c0UN‘rxY, AND FROM YOUR Rz- LAr1vEs, AND coun intro A c0UN1‘RY WHICH I w1LL sucw YOU. ‘ Leaving, therefore, the land of the

Chaldeans, he resided in Charran; and from there, after the death of his father, he removed into this country in which you are new dwelling. But He gave him no estate in it; no, not even the breadth of a foot: yet He had premised to give it into his pos- session, and to his descendants after him, although he was as yet childless. God, however, spoke thus: That ms Racx sHOULD LODGE IN A Ironman c0UN1‘RY, AND THEY WXLL ENSLAVE AND ownzss rr FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.? AND THE NA- ‘r10N BY WHICH THEY ARE EN- sr.AvzD, said God, I wxu. JUDGE; AND AFTER THAT THEY SHALL c0ME 0UT AND wexsmr ME IN THIS PLACE} And He gave hima covenant by circumcision. And Isaac being afterwards born, he circumcised him the eighth day; then Isaac, jacob; and jacob the twelve patriarchs. But the patriarchs, hating joseph, sold him into Egypt: yet God was with him, and rescued him from all his troubles, and gave him favour and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he appointed him prime minister over Egypt and all his household. ‘ But a famine came upon the whole

land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress ; and our forefathers could find no food. But jacob, on learning that there was wheat in Egypt, sentour forefathers there a first time. And during a second visit joseph. made himself known to his brothers; and Pharaoh then became acquainted with ]oseph’s race. oseph then sent an invitation to

his father jacob, and to all his rela- tives, who were seventy·Hve persons. jacob accordingly went down to Ezvot. where he died. as well, W , , , as our I6 forefathers; and th·ey removed him to Sychem, and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of

1 Gen. xii. x. * Gen. xv. 1;. • Exod. lil. ra. money from the sons of Emmor of Sychem. But when the time ap- proached which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, until the time that a FOEEIGN KING CONQUERED EGYPT, WH0 KNEW NOTHxNo oF j0sEI>H.1 This man’s policy was to exterminate our race. He outraged our fathers, by making them cast out their infants, with the object that our race might not be reproduced. ‘ Then it was that Moses was born,

and was divinely fair. For three months he was nursed in-his father’s house; and on being thrown out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him, and adopted him as her own son. Moses was thus educated in all the philo- sophy of the Egyptians; and he was powerful in his speech and actions. But when he had attained the age of forty years, it came into his heart to interest himself in his brothers, the sons of Israel. And seeing one assaulted, he defended him, striking the Egyptian assailant by way of punishment; because he concluded that his brothers would understand that God would grant them deliver- ance by means of his hand: but they did not understand it. Some time after, he saw them quarrelling, and attempted to bring them to peace, re- marking, MEN, you ARE snornsasl WHY D0 You INJURE EAcIa OTHER? But the aggressor of his neighbour retorted, WH0 AI>I>0INTED You A G0vERNOn AND A JUDGE ovnk Us? DO YOU MEAN TO MURDER ME, IN THE wAY YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN run ornnn DAY?¤ A: this remark Moses took to Bight, and became a resident in the land of Midian, where two sons were born to him. Then when forty years had elapsed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. When Moses saw the appear- ance, he wondered at the sight; and as he approached to examine it, there came a commanding voice, I AM THE GOD OF YOUR HOREEATHERS, THE Gon or ABRAHAM, or IsAAc, AND OF jAc0E.¤ Then Moses, becoming terrified, dare not examine it. But the Lord said to him, UNrAs·rEN THE sHOEs FROM YOUR FEET; FOR THE SPOT UPON WHIOH YOU sTAND

1 Exod. l. 8. Exod. ll. rg, I4. * Exod. lh. 6.

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