Albert Barnes on Acts 7:12
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Was corn in Egypt. The word corn here rather denotes wheat. Mt 12:1.
Our fathers. His ten sons; all his sons except Joseph and Benjamin, Gen 42:2. Stephen here refers only to the history, without entering into details. By this general reference he sufficiently showed that he believed what Moses had spoken, and did not intend to show him disrespect.
(k) "But when Jacob heard" Gen 13:1,2 (+) "sent out our fathers first" "The first time"
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