Acts 7:17

When the time of the promise which God made with Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

In Context

16And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money.

18until another king arose over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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Cross References

Acts 7:6And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.

2 Peter 3:8But let not this one thing be forgotten, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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