Acts 7:20

At that time Moses was born; he was very beautiful before God and was nourished for three months in his father's house.

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In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

In Context

19He deceived our people and forced our fathers to expose their newborn infants so they would not be kept alive.

21When he was placed outside, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and raised him as her own son.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:12Jesse sent and brought him in. Now this son was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise, anoint him; for he is the one.”

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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