Acts 7:20

It was at this time that Moses was born. He was a handsome child, and for three months he was looked after in his father's home.

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In The King James Version

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

In Context

19He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babies so they would die.

21When he had to be abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter rescued him and took care of him as her own son.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:12So Jesse sent for him and brought him in. He had a red complexion with beautiful eyes, and looked handsome. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him, for he's the one.”

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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