Acts 7:20

Moses was born while that man was the big boss. Moses was a very good little baby, and his mother and father looked after him in their house for 3 months.

Plain English Version

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 tricked our family, and he was very hard on them. He made our mob throw their baby boys into the river to kill them.

21After that, they had to leave Moses out at the river, but the big boss’s daughter came along and found him, and she took him home and called him her own son.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:12So Jesse sent somebody to get David, and he brought him back. David was a good-looking young man, with a strong body and a nice face. God said to Samuel, “This is the one. Stand up now, and pour olive oil on his head. I picked him to be the next big boss.”

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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