Act 7:1-16 | ESV | STEP | And the high priest said , Are these things so ?

1 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said:

^a“Brothers and fathers, hear me. ^bThe God ^cof glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, ^dbefore he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, ^e‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’ 4 ^fThen he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And ^gafter his father died, ^hGod removed him from there into this land in which you are now living. 5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s length, but promised ⁱto give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, ^jthough he had no child. 6 And God spoke to this effect—that ^khis offspring would ^lbe sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them ^mfour hundred years. 7 ‘But ⁿI will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out ^oand worship me in this place.’ 8 And ^phe gave him the covenant of circumcision. And ^qso Abraham became the father of Isaac, and ^rcircumcised him on the eighth day, and ^sIsaac became the father of Jacob, and ^tJacob of the twelve patriarchs.

9 “And the patriarchs, ^ujealous of Joseph, ^vsold him into Egypt; but ^wGod was with him 10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions and ^xgave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, ^ywho made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. 11 Now ^zthere came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. 12 ^aaBut when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit. 13 And ^abon the second visit ^acJoseph made himself known to his brothers, and ^adJoseph’s family became known to Pharaoh. 14 And ^aeJoseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, ^afseventy-five persons in all. 15 And ^agJacob went down into Egypt, and ^ahhe died, he ^aiand our fathers, 16 and ^ajthey were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that ^akAbraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.