Acts 7:21

And when he was cast out, Pharaohs daughter tooke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

20The same time was Moses borne, and was acceptable vnto God, which was nourished vp in his fathers house three moneths.

22And Moses was learned in all the wisdome of the Egyptians, and was mightie in wordes and in deedes.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:2And the woman coceiued and bare a sonne: and when she saw that he was faire, she hid him three moneths.

Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses when he was come to age, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs 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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