Acts 7:21
“And when he was cast out, Pharaohs daughter tooke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne.”
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Acts 7:21 Context
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. 20In which time Moses was borne, and was exceeding faire, and nourished vp in his fathers house three moneths: 21And when he was cast out, Pharaohs daughter tooke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne. 22And Moses was learned in all the wisedome of the Egyptians, and was mightie in words and in deeds. 23And when he was full forty yeres old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
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Other Translations for Acts 7:21
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
- King James Version
"And after he had been set outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.
- Basic English Bible
And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself [to be] for a son.
- Darby Bible
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
- Webster's Bible
At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son.
- Weymouth Bible
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
- World English Bible
And whanne he was put out in the flood, the douyter of Farao took hym vp, and nurischide hym in to hir sone.
- Wycliffe Bible
and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 7:21
7:21 Pharaoh's daughter took him up - By which means, being designed for a kingdom, he had all those advantages of education, which he could not have had, if he had not been exposed.