From Nave’s Topical Bible
Patriarch
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 1Passages listed
- 1Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Head of a familyActs 7:9
The passages, in Bible order (1)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 1 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Acts 7:9
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Commentary on Acts 7:92 voices
And the patriarchs, moved with envy,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
"They sold Joseph into Egypt." Not knowing of any fault in their brother, they treated him so badly, and moreover at the time when he had come to them with food for them, and by their action they furthered the prophecy without realizing it, involuntarily …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic