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Acts 7:11-15 New International Version (NIV)

11. “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

12. When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.

13. On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.

14. After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.

15. Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

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