KJV King James Version
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 7:21
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
WEB World English Bible
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
ASV American Standard Version
and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;
Surrounding context — Acts 7
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 nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐκτεθέντοςG1620 · ektithēmito explain/exposeδὲG1161 · dethenαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἀνείλατοG337 · anaireōto killαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυγάτηρG2364 · thugatērdaughterΦαραὼG5328 · PharaōPharaohκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀνεθρέψατοG397 · anatrephōto bring upαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἑαυτῇG1438 · heautouthemselfεἰςG1519 · eistowardυἱόν.G5207 · uhiosson
Cross-references
Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;Exodus 2:2-10And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three months.Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
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