Acts 7:18

even until another king, who did not know Joseph, rose up in Egypt.

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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

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17And when the time of the Promise that God had revealed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt,

19This one, encompassing our kindred, afflicted our fathers, so that they would expose their infants, lest they be kept alive.

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Matthew Henry on Acts 7:18-30

Stephen's Address. 17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. 20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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