Acts 7:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.”
Acts 7:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 7:1212 words
ἀκούσαςakousashear
δὲdeand / but
ἸακὼβIakōbalso an Israelite:--Jacob
ὄνταontaam, have been, is I
σιτίαsitia
εἰςeisinto / to
ΑἴγυπτονAigyptonEgypt
ἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilensend (away, forth, out)
τοὺςtousthe
πατέραςpaterasfather, parent
ἡμῶνhēmōnI
πρῶτονprōtonbefore, beginning, best
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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