Acts 7:29

And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

In Context

28Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

30And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

Exodus 18:2And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,

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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