Thensaidthehigh priest, Arethesethings so? Andhesaid, Men, brethren, andfathers, hearken; TheGodof gloryappearedunto ourfatherAbraham, when he wasinMesopotamia, beforehedweltinHaran, Andsaiduntohim, Getthee out ofthycountry, andfromthykindred, andcomeintothe landwhichI shall showthee. Thencamehe out ofthe landof the Chaldeans, and dweltinHaran: and from thence, when hisfatherwas dead, he removedhimintothisland, whereinyenowdwell. Andhe gavehimnoneinheritanceinit, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yethe promisedthat he would giveitto himfora possession, andto hisseedafterhim, when as yet hehadnochild. AndGodspakeon this wise, Thathisseedshouldsojournina strangeland; andthat they should bring them into bondage, andentreat them evilfour hundredyears. Andthenationto whomthey shallbe in bondagewill Ijudge, saidGod: andafterthatshall they come forth, andservemeinthisplace. Andhe gavehimthe covenantof circumcision: andso Abraham begatIsaac, andcircumcisedhimtheeighthday; andIsaac begat Jacob; andJacob begat thetwelvepatriarchs. Andthepatriarchs, moved with envy, soldJosephintoEgypt: butGodwaswithhim, Anddeliveredhimout ofallhisafflictions, andgavehimfavorandwisdomin the sightof Pharaohkingof Egypt; andhe madehimgovernoroverEgyptandallhishouse. Nowthere camea dearthoverallthelandof EgyptandCanaan, andgreataffliction: andourfathersfoundnosustenance. Butwhen Jacobheardthat there wascorninEgypt, he sent outourfathersfirst. Andatthesecond time Josephwas made knownto hisbrethren; andJoseph's kindredwas madeknownunto Pharaoh. ThensentJoseph, and calledhisfatherJacobto him, andallhiskindred, threescore and fifteensouls. SoJacobwent downintoEgypt, anddied, he, andourfathers, Andwere carried overintoShechem, andlaidinthesepulcherthatAbrahamboughtfor a sumof moneyofthesonsof Hamor the father of Shechem. Butwhenthetimeof thepromisedrew nigh, whichGodhad swornto Abraham, thepeoplegrewandmultipliedinEgypt, Tillanotherkingarose, whichknewnotJoseph. The samedealt subtlely withourkindred, and evil entreatedourfathers, so that they cast outtheiryoung children, to the end they might notlive. InwhichtimeMoseswas born, andwasexceeding fair, andnourished upinhisfather's housethreemonths: Andwhen hewas cast out, Pharaoh's daughtertook him up, andnourishedhimforher ownson. AndMoseswas learnedin allthe wisdomof the Egyptians, andwasmightyinwordsandindeeds. Andwhenhewas fullfortyyears old, it cameintohisheartto visithisbrethrenthechildrenof Israel. Andseeingone of them suffer wrong, he defended him, andavengedhim that was oppressed, and smotetheEgyptian: Forhe supposedhisbrethrenwould have understoodhow thatGodbyhishandwould deliverthem: buttheyunderstoodnot. Andthenextdayhe showed himselfunto themas they strove, andwould have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, yearebrethren; whydo ye wrongone to another? Buthe that did his neighbor wrongthrust him away, saying, Whomadetheea ruleranda judgeoverus? Wiltthoukillme, as thou didsttheEgyptianyesterday? ThenfledMosesatthissaying, andwasa strangerinthe landof Midian, wherehe begattwosons. Andwhen fortyyearswere expired, there appearedto himinthewildernessof mountSinaian angelof the Lordina flameof firein a bush. WhenMosessaw it, he wonderedat thesight: andas hedrew nearto behold it, the voiceof the Lordcameuntohim, Saying, I am theGodof thyfathers, theGodof Abraham, andtheGodof Isaac, andtheGodof Jacob. ThenMosestrembled, and durstnotbehold. ThensaidtheLordto him, Put offthy shoesfrom thyfeet: fortheplacewherethou standestisholyground. I have seen, I have seentheafflictionof mypeoplewhichis inEgypt, andI have heardtheirgroaning, andam come downto deliverthem. Andnowcome, I will sendtheeintoEgypt. ThisMoseswhomthey refused, saying, Whomadetheea ruleranda judge? the samedid Godsend to be a ruleranda delivererbythe handof the angelwhich appearedto himinthebush. Hebrought them out, after that he had showedwondersandsignsinthe landof Egypt, andinthe Redsea, andinthewildernessfortyyears. Thisisthat Moses, which saidunto thechildrenof Israel, A prophetshall the LordyourGodraise upunto youofyourbrethren, like untome; himshall ye hear. Thisishe, that wasinthechurchinthewildernesswiththeangelwhich spaketo himinthemountSinai, and with ourfathers: whoreceivedthe livelyoraclesto giveunto us: To whomourfatherswouldnotobey, butthrust him fromthem, andin theirheartsturned back againintoEgypt, Sayingunto Aaron, Makeusgodstogo beforeus: for as for thisMoses, whichbroughtusout ofthe landof Egypt, we wotnotwhatis becomeof him. Andthey made a calfinthosedays, andofferedsacrificeunto theidol, andrejoicedintheworksof their ownhands. ThenGodturned, andgave them upto worshipthehostof heaven; asit is writteninthe bookof theprophets, O ye houseof Israel, have yeofferedto meslain beastsandsacrifices by the space of fortyyearsinthewilderness? Yea, ye took upthetabernacleof Moloch, andthestarof yourgodRemphan, figureswhichye madeto worshipthem: andI will carry you awaybeyondBabylon. Ourfathershadthetabernacleof witnessinthewilderness, as he had appointed, speakingunto Moses, that he should makeitaccordingto thefashionthathe had seen. Whichalsoourfathersthat came afterbrought inwithJoshuaintothepossessionof theGentiles, whomGoddrove outbeforethe faceof ourfathers, untothedaysof David; WhofoundfavorbeforeGod, anddesiredto finda tabernaclefor theGodof Jacob. ButSolomonbuilthima house. Howbeitthemost Highdwellethnotintemplesmade with hands; assaiththeprophet, Heaven is mythrone, andearth is myfootstool: whathousewill ye buildme? saiththe Lord: orwhat is the placeof myrest? Hath notmyhandmadeallthese things? Ye stiffneckedanduncircumcisedin heartandears, yedo alwaysresisttheHolyGhost: asyourfathers did, so do ye. Whichof theprophetshave notyourfatherspersecuted? andthey have slainthem which showed beforeofthecomingof theJust One; of whomyehave beennowthe betrayersandmurderers: Whohave receivedthelawbythe dispositionof angels, andhave notkept it. Whenthey heardthese things, they were cuttotheheart, andthey gnashedonhimwith their teeth. Buthe, beingfullof the HolyGhost, looked up steadfastlyintoheaven, and sawthe gloryof God, andJesusstandingonthe right handof God, Andsaid, Behold, I seetheheavensopened, andtheSonof manstandingonthe right handof God. Thenthey cried outwith a loudvoice, and stoppedtheirears, andranuponhimwith one accord, Andcast him outof thecity, and stoned him : andthewitnesseslaid downtheirclothesata young man's feet, whose namewas Saul. Andthey stonedStephen, calling upon God, andsaying, LordJesus, receivemyspirit. Andhe kneeled down, and criedwith a loudvoice, Lord, laynotthissinto their charge. Andwhen he had saidthis, he fell asleep.