Acts 7:16-26

16 "From there they were removed to ¹Shechem 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 ²time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, ³the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 until ⁴THERE AROSE ANOTHER KING OVER EGYPT WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOSEPH.

19 "It was he who took ⁵shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would ⁶expose * their infants and they would not survive.

20 "It was at this time that ⁷Moses 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, ⁸Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.

22 "Moses was educated in all ⁹the 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, ¹⁰it 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.

26 "¹¹On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brethren, why * do you injure one another?'

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Cross References 11

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

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 7:16-26

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