Acts 7:21

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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In Context

20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

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

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Cross References

Exodus 2:2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, 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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