Acts 7:36

34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

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.

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BSB
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
KJV
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
WEB
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
ASV
This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
DARBY
*He* led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
BLB
this one led them out, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
ÅB
Han var den som førte dem ut, idet han gjorde undergjerninger og tegn i Egypt og i det Røde Hav og i ørkenen i førti år.
OTB
Han ledet dem ut, og utførte underverker og tegn i Egypt, ved Rødehavet, og i førti år i ørkenen.
B1930
Han var den som førte dem ut, idet han gjorde undergjerninger og tegn i Egyptens land og i det Røde Hav og i ørkenen i firti år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 12:41

    And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 14:21

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

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  • Exodus 33:1

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

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  • Psalms 78:12–33

    Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

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  • Exodus 16:35

    And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

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  • Exodus 7:1–14

    And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

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  • Exodus 14:27–29

    And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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  • Exodus 19:1–20

    In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

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