Acts 7:21

When he was cast out Pharoes doughter toke him vp and norisshed him vp for her awne sonne.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 tyme was Moses borne and was a proper childe in ye sight of God which was norisshed vp in his fathers housse thre monethes.

22And Moses was learned in all maner wisdome of the Egipcians and was mighty in dedes and in wordes.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:24By fayth Moses when he was great refused to be called ye sonne of Pharaos doughter

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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