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Acts 7:21

Acts 7:21
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And when he was cast out,.... Into the river, or by the river, as some copies read; the Syriac version adds, by his own…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Was cast out - When he was exposed on the banks of the Nile, Exo 2:3. And nourished him - Adopted him, and treated him…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 7:17-29

Stephen here goes on to relate,

I. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel in Egypt; it was by a wonder of…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

nourished him for her own son Jewish tradition says that the king had no son, and so Moses was designed by the king's…

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