Acts 7:29

'And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

In Context

28to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

30and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

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Cross References

Exodus 2:14and he saith, 'Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying [it], as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, 'Surely the thing hath been known.'

Exodus 18:2and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

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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