Acts 7:19
The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
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In Context
18till there arose another king, who knew not Joseph.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.
Revelation 12:4And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.
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 →