Acts 7:7-9

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⁷ But I will punish the nation that made them slaves.’^[a] And God also said, ‘After those things happen, your people will come out of that country. Then they will worship me here in this place.’^[b]

⁸ “God made an agreement with Abraham; the sign for this agreement was circumcision. And so when Abraham had a son, he circumcised him when he was eight days old. His son’s name was Isaac. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob. And Jacob did the same for his sons, who became the twelve great ancestors of our people.

⁹ “These ancestors of ours became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him