From work on PDF Acts 7

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 \v 9 "Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
-\v 10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who had made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.
+\v 10 and rescued him from all his tribulation. He gave Joseph favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him governor over Egypt and over all his household.
 
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-\v 11 "Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great suffering, and our fathers could find no food.
+\v 11 "Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers could find no food.
 \v 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first trip.
 \v 13 On their second trip Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
 
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 \v 22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and works.
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-\v 23 "But when he was about forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.
+\v 23 "But when forty years were coming to completion for him, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.
 \v 24 Seeing an Israelite being mistreated, Moses defended him and avenged him who was oppressed by striking the Egyptian:
-\v 25 he thought that his brothers would understand that God by his hand was rescuing them, but they did not understand.
+\v 25 he thought that his brothers would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance, but they did not understand.
 
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 \v 26 On the next day he saw two men fighting and he tried to make peace between them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?'
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-\v 27 "But the one who had wronged his neighbor pushed him away, and said, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
+\v 27 "But the one who had wronged his neighbor pushed him away, and said, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?
 \v 28 Would you like to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
 
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-\v 29 Moses ran away after hearing this; he became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
+\v 29 Moses ran away after hearing this statement; he became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
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 \v 30 "When forty years were past, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
 
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 \v 33 "The Lord said to him, 'Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
-\v 34 I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them; now come, I will send you to Egypt.'
+\v 34 I have certainly seen the oppression of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them; now come, I will send you to Egypt.'
 
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-\v 35 "This Moses whom they rejected, when they said, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'—he was the one whom God sent as both a ruler and deliverer. God sent him by the hand of the angel who appeared to Moses in the bush.
+\v 35 "This Moses whom they rejected, when they said, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?'—he was the one whom God sent as both a ruler and deliverer. God sent him by the hand of the angel who appeared to Moses in the bush.
 \v 36 Moses led them out of Egypt, after doing miracles and signs in Egypt and at the Sea of Reeds, and in the wilderness during forty years.
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 \v 37 "It is the same Moses who said to the people of Israel, 'God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, a prophet like me.'
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 \v 44 "Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as God commanded when he spoke to Moses, that he should make it like the pattern that he had seen.
 \v 45 Later, our fathers, under Joshua, received the tabernacle and brought it with them when they took possession of the land. God took the land from the nations and drove them out before the face of our fathers. The tabernacle remained in the land until the time of David,
-\v 46 who found favor in the sight of God, and he asked if he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
+\v 46 who found favor in the sight of God, and he asked if he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.
 
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 \v 47 But it was Solomon who built the house for God.