Acts 7:19

this one, having dealt subtly with our family, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babies, that they might not live;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18until another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

20in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up [for] three months in the house of his father;

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Cross References

Exodus 1:9and he says to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel [are] more numerous and mighty than we.

Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate His people, || To conspire against His servants.

Revelation 12:4and his tail draws the third of the stars of the sky, and he cast them to the earth; and the dragon stood before the woman who is about to bring forth, that when she may bring forth, he may devour her child;

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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