Acts 7:21

And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

In Context

20At the same time was Moses born, and he was acceptable to God: who was nourished three months in his father's house.

22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:2And she conceived, and bore a son; and seeing him a goodly child hid him three months.

Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was grown up, denied himself to be the son of Pharao's daughter;

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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