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Acts 7:12

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “grain in Egypt” (σιτία εἰς Αἴγυπτον) before he sent here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “grain in Egypt” (σῖτα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ) before he sent here.

ἀκούσαςakousasheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἸακὼβiakōbJacobἸακώβnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jacob”, the subject formG2384(Hebrew), Jacob, (a) the patriarch, son of Isaac, (b) father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.ὄνταontathat there wasεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “that there was”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.that there wasσιτίαsitiacornσιτίον (sition)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “corn”, the object formG6079foodcornεἰςeisinεἰςpreposition — “in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.inΑἴγυπτονaiguptonEgyptΑἴγυπτος (aiguptos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Egypt”, the object formG125Egypt.Egyptἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenhe sent outἐξαποστέλλω (exapostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he sent out”, a single actionG1821I send away, send forth (a person qualified for a task).he sent outτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πατέραςpaterasfathersπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fathers”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.fathersἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).πρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.first

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

σῖταsitacornσῖτος (sitos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “corn”, the object formG4621wheat, grain.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ΑἰγύπτῳaiguptōEgyptΑἴγυπτος (aiguptos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Egypt”, the object formG125Egypt.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

World English Bible

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

Darby Translation

But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

Douay-Rheims

But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:

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