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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 7:19 in context
Acts 7:16–22
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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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When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
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Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
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