Acts 7:15-25

15 "And ¹Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

16 "From there they were removed to ²Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

17 "But as the ³time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, ⁴the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 until ⁵THERE AROSE ANOTHER KING OVER EGYPT WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOSEPH.

19 "It was he who took ⁶shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would ⁷expose * their infants and they would not survive.

20 "It was at this time that ⁸Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home.

21 "And after he had been set outside, ⁹Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.

22 "Moses was educated in all ¹⁰the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.

23 "But when he was approaching the age of forty, ¹¹it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

24 "And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

25 "And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

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Cross References 11

1. Genesis 46:1-7; Genesis 49:33; Exodus 1:6
2. Genesis 23:16; Genesis 33:19; Genesis 50:13; Joshua 24:32
3. Genesis 15:13
4. Exodus 1:7
5. Exodus 1:8
6. Exodus 1:10f, 16f
7. Exodus 1:22
8. Exodus 2:2; Hebrews 11:23
9. Ex 2:5f, 10
10. 1 Kings 4:30; Isaiah 19:11
11. Exodus 2:11; Hebrews 11:24-26

Footnotes 9

[a]. Gr "Sychem"
[b]. Gr "Emmor"
[c]. Gr "Sychem"
[d]. Or "put out to die"
[e]. Lit "to God"
[f]. Or "adopted him"
[g]. Lit "heart"
[h]. Or "salvation"
[i]. Lit "through his hand"

Acts 7:15-25

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