Acts 7:19
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
Revelation 12:4His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
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 →