King James Version
What Does Acts 7:19 Mean?
“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.”
Context
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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
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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.
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In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: exceeding fair: or, fair to God
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And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(19) **So that they cast out their young children.**—Literally, *to make their children cast out so that they should not be brought forth alive.* The latter verb is used in the LXX. narrative (Exodus 1:17).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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