Acts 7:21

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

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In The King James Version

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

In Context

20At that time Moses was born; he was very beautiful before God and was nourished for three months in his father's house.

22Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and works.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy boy, she hid him for three months.

Hebrews 11:24It was by faith that Moses, after he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

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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