Acts 7:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there on their first visit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our forefathers [to go there on their] first trip. [Gen. 42:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

Common English Bible

¹² When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But when Jacob had heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:

Acts 7:12 Cross References

Genesis 43:2

And when they had eaten up the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again; buy us a little more food.”