Acts 7:21

At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 this time Moses was born--a wonderfully beautiful child; and for three months he was cared for in his father's house.

22So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:24Through faith Moses, when he grew to manhood, refused to be known as Pharaoh's daughter's son,

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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