Acts 7:19
“The 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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Acts 7:19 Context
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. 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.
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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.
- King James Version
"It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.
- New American Standard Version (1995)