Acts 7:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ ‘As the time was approaching to fulfil the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near which God had made to Abraham, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “When it was time for God to keep the promise he made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly expanded.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And when the time of the Promise that God had revealed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 7:17 Cross References

Genesis 47:27

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

Exodus 1:20

So God was good to the midwives,  and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

Acts 13:17

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty  arm.

Acts 7:6

God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.