And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of gloryappearedunto our fatherAbraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Thencame he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and fromthence, when his father was dead, he removed him intothisland, wherein ye now dwell.
And he gave him noneinheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promisedthat he wouldgive it to him for a possession, and to his seedafter him, when as yet he had no child.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so AbrahambegatIsaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and IsaacbegatJacob; and Jacobbegat the twelvepatriarchs.
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaohking of Egypt; and he made him governoroverEgypt and all his house.
And the next day he shewedhimselfuntothem as theystrove, and wouldhave set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
I haveseen, I haveseen the affliction of my peoplewhich is in Egypt, and I haveheardtheirgroaning, and am comedown to deliverthem. And now come, I willsendtheeintoEgypt.
ThisMoseswhomtheyrefused, saying, Who madethee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angelwhichappeared to him in the bush.
This is thatMoses, whichsaidunto the children of Israel, A prophetshall the Lordyour God raise up unto you of yourbrethren, likeunto me; him shall ye hear.
This is he, that was in the church in the wildernesswith the angelwhichspake to him in the mountSina, and with our fathers: who received the livelyoracles to giveunto us:
Then God turned, and gavethem up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slainbeasts and sacrifices by the space of fortyyears in the wilderness?
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figureswhich ye made to worshipthem: and I willcarry you awaybeyondBabylon.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speakinguntoMoses, that he shouldmake it according to the fashionthat he had seen.
Whichalso our fathersthatcameafterbrought in withJesusinto the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Which of the prophetshave not yourfatherspersecuted? and theyhaveslainthemwhichshewedbefore of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye havebeen now the betrayers and murderers: