Acts 7:18
16 Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
19 He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
- KJV
- Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
- WEB
- until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
- ASV
- till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
- DARBY
- until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.
- BLB
- until there arose another king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
- ÅB
- inntil det sto fram en annen konge over Egypt, som ikke kjente Josef;
- OTB
- Inntil en ny konge sto frem over Egypt som ikke kjente Josef.
- B1930
- inntil det fremstod en annen konge over Egypten, som ikke kjente Josef;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 1:8
Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
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