Acts 7:21

And when he was cast out, by his people, the daughter of Pharaoh found him, and brought him up for her own son.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 was Moses born; and he was lovely to God: and he was nursed three months in his father's house.

22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was eminent in his words, and also in his deeds.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when be became a man, 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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