Acts 7
7
1Then said the High Priest, Are these things so?
2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God-The Father of glory appeared unto our father Avraham [Exalted Father], when he was in Aram [Elevated Between the Two Rivers] before he dwelt in Haran [a mountaineer],
3And said unto him, Get youi out of youri country, and from youri family, and come into the land which I shall show youi.
4Then came he out of the land of the Kasdim [as clod breakers], and dwelt in Haran [a mountaineer]: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you2f now dwell.
5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
6And God-The Father spoke on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.
7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God-The Father: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Avraham [Exalted Father]] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yitz’khak [Laughter], and circumcised him the eighth day; and Yitz’khak [Laughter] [begat (to be father of; be ancestor of)] Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] [Heal of God]; and Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] [Heal of God] [begat (to be father of; be ancestor of)] the twelve patriarchs.
9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Yosef [God will add] into Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place]: but God-The Father was with him,
10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Par’oh [Pharaoh - Great House] king of Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place]; and he made him governor over Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place] and all his house.
11Now there came a famine over all the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place] and Kena’an [lowland], and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12But when Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] [Heal of God] heard that there was corn in Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place], he sent out our fathers first.
13And at the second [time] Yosef [God will add] was made known to his brethren; and Yosef [God will add]’s family was made known unto Par’oh [Pharaoh - Great House].
14Then sent Yosef [God will add], and called his father Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] [Heal of God] to [him], and all his family, threescore and fifteen souls.
15So Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] [Heal of God] went down into Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place], and died, he, and our fathers,
16And were carried over into Sh’khem [diligence], and laid in the sepulchre that Avraham [Exalted Father] bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sh’khem [diligence].
17But when the time of the promise drew near, which God-The Father had sworn to Avraham [Exalted Father], the people grew and multiplied in Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place],
18Till another king arose, which knew not Yosef [God will add].
19The same dealt subtilly with our family, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20In which time Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
21And when he was cast out, Par’oh’s [Pharaoh - Great House] daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] was learned in all the wisdom of the Mitzri, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heal Of God].
24And seeing one [of them] suffer (allow, to let, permit) wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and struck the Mitzri [Egyptian]:
25For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God-The Father by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, you2f are brethren; why do you2f wrong one to another?
27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made youi a ruler and a judge over us?
28Will youi kill me, as youi did the Mitzri [Egyptian] yesterday?
29Then fled Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midyan [Strife], where he begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) two sons.
30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai [thorny] an angel of the Lord - Kurios in a flame of fire in a bush.
31When Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] saw [it], he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord - Kurios came unto him,
32 [Saying], I [am] the God-The Father of youri fathers, the God-The Father of Avraham [Exalted Father], and the God-The Father of Yitz’khak [Laughter], and the God-The Father of Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] [Heal of God]. Then Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] trembled, and dared (was bold enough) not behold.
33Then said the Lord - Kurios to him, Put [a bow] off youri shoes from youri feet: for the place where youi stand is holy ground.
34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place], and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send youi into Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place].
35This Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] whom they refused, saying, Who made youi a ruler and a judge? the same did God-The Father send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place], and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37This is that Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters], which said unto the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heal Of God], A prophet shall the Lord - Kurios your God-The Father raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall you2f hear.
38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spoke to him in the mount Sinai [thorny], and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place],
40Saying unto Aharon [Bright, Very High], Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters], which brought us out of the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt) [the black land, The Narrow Place], we know not what is become of him.
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42Then God-The Father turned, and gave them up to worship the army of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O you2f house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The eal Of God], have you2f offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?
43Yes, you2f took up the tabernacle of king, and the star of your god Reifan [the shrunken (as lifeless)], figures which you2f made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion].
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters], that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Yeshua [God is Salvation] into the possession of the Goyim [Gentiles], whom God-The Father drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David [Beloved];
46Who found favour before God-The Father, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God-The Father of Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] [Heal of God].
47But Shlomo [peace] (Solomon) built him an house.
48However the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet,
49Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will you2f build me? says the Lord - Kurios: or what [is] the place of my rest?
50Has not my hand made all these things?
51You2f stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you2f do always resist the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh]: as your fathers [did], so [do] you2f.
52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you2f have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].
54When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh], looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God-The Father, and Yeshua [God is Salvation] standing on the right hand of God-The Father,
56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God-The Father.
57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Sha’ul [desired].
59And they stoned Stephen [crowned], calling upon [God-The Father], and saying, Lord - Kurios [he to whom a person belongs] Yeshua [God is Salvation], receive my Spirit [Ruach].
60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord - Kurios, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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