Acts 7:19

That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He even commanded them to leave their baby boys outside their homes so that they would die.”

Translation for Translators

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

18Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt [MTY].

20“During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] child. So his parents secretly cared for him in their house for three months.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:9He said to his people, “Look at what has happened! The Israeli people have become so numerous and so powerful that they now might conquer us!

Psalms 105:25So Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to ◄turn against/hate► the Israeli people, and they planned ways to get rid of his people.

Revelation 12:4The dragon’s tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth, in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born.

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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