World English Bible
Acts 7:19
“The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.”
Verse in context — Acts 7
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But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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until there arose a different king, who didn't know Joseph.
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The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.
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At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
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When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
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