Acts 7:17

Now as the time of the havtachah (promise) was drawing near, which Hashem promised to Avraham Avinu, the people grew and were multiplied in Mitzrayim, + 7:17 Ex 1:7; Ps 105:24

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

In Context

16And they were brought back to Shechem and were placed in the kever (tomb) which Avraham bought for a sum of silver from the banim of Chamor in Shechem. + 7:16 Gn 23:16-20; 33:18,19; 50:13; Josh 24:32

18Until over Mitzrayim there appeared a MELECH CHADASH ASHER LO YADA ES YOSEF (a new king who knew not Yosef). + 7:18 Ex 1:7,8

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Cross References

Genesis 15:13And Hashem said unto Avram, Know of a surety that thy zera shall be a ger in a land not their own, and will serve them; and they will mistreat them arba me'ot shanah;

Exodus 1:20Therefore Elohim dealt well with the meyalledot; and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

Acts 7:6And Hashem spoke thus, that GER YIHIYEH ZAR'ACHA (your seed will be strangers [aliens]) in anotherʼs + 7:6 i.e., foreign land and them they will enslave and they will mistreat them ARBA ME'OT SHANAH (four hundred years). + 7:6 Gn 15:13f; Ex 1:8-11; 12:40

2 Peter 3:8Chaverim, let not this one thing escape your notice, that “A thousand years in the eyes of Hashem is like one day” + 3:8 Ps 90:4 and one day like a thousand years.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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