“"And God was with him"--this also is for them--"and delivered him out of all his afflictions." He shows that unknowingly they helped to fulfill the prophecy, and that they were themselves the cause, and that the evils recoiled on their own selves. And he shows, that the saints were not exempt from tribulation, but tha…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 16
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10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
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8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
— Acts 7:10 —
11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.