Acts 7:17
“But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,”
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Acts 7:17 Context
15So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers, 16And were caried ouer into Sichem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a summe of money of the sonnes of Emor the father of Sichem. 17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18Till another king arose, which knew not Ioseph. 19The same dealt subtilly with our kinred, and euill intreated our fathers, so that they cast out their yong children, to the end they might not liue.
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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
- King James Version
"But as the time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
- New American Standard Version (1995)