Good News Bible Anglicised

Acts 7:14-19 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

14. So Joseph sent a message to his father Jacob, telling him and the whole family, 75 people in all, to come to Egypt.

15. Then Jacob went to Egypt, where he and his sons died.

16. Their bodies were taken to Shechem, where they were buried in the grave which Abraham had bought from the clan of Hamor for a sum of money.

17. “When the time drew near for God to keep the promise he had made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had grown much larger.

18. At last a king who did not know about Joseph began to rule in Egypt.

19. He tricked our ancestors and was cruel to them, forcing them to put their babies out of their homes, so that they would die.