Acts 7:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.”
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“As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 7:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Exodus 1:7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 1:20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
- Psalms 105:24And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- Acts 7:6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Acts 13:17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
- 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
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