Acts 7:21

But when he was exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself as a son.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 this time Moses was born, and he was well pleasing to God; who was brought up in his father's house for three months.

22And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in words and deeds.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh'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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