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Acts 7:13-25 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. And on the second occasion, Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and his ancestry was made manifest to Pharaoh.

14. Then Joseph sent for and brought his father Jacob, with all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

15. And Jacob descended into Egypt, and he passed away, and so did our fathers.

16. And they crossed over into Shechem, and they were placed in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the son of Shechem.

17. And when the time of the Promise that God had revealed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt,

18. even until another king, who did not know Joseph, rose up in Egypt.

19. This one, encompassing our kindred, afflicted our fathers, so that they would expose their infants, lest they be kept alive.

20. In the same time, Moses was born. And he was in the grace of God, and he was nourished for three months in the house of his father.

21. Then, having been abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh took him in, and she raised him as her own son.

22. And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. And he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.

23. But when forty years of age were completed in him, it rose up in his heart that he should visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

24. And when he had seen a certain one suffering injury, he defended him. And striking the Egyptian, he wrought a retribution for him who was enduring the injury.

25. Now he supposed that his brothers would understand that God would grant them salvation through his hand. But they did not understand it.

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