NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 17

Acts 7:17

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“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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Acts 7:17 in context

Acts 7:14–20

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Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

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Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;

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and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

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“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.

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The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

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At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

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