Acts 7:20

“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.

Translation for Translators

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

19That 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.”

21Then they had to put him outside the house, but Pharaoh’s daughter found him and adopted him and cared for him as though he were her own son.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:12So Jesse sent someone to bring David there. And when David arrived, Samuel saw that he was handsome and healthy, and had bright eyes. Then Yahweh said, “This is the one whom I have chosen; anoint him to be king.”

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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