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And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.

God exalted him with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

And all that sat in the Sanhedrin, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell:

and he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

And God spoke on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should make them slaves, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and over all his house.

And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's race became manifest to Pharaoh.

And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

But when he was well-near forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers the sons of Israel.

and he supposed that his brothers understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.

But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

And Saul was consenting to his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is mute, So he does not open his mouth: