The God of Israel chose our forefathers [to be His people] and made them a great people when they lived in Egypt, and with His mighty power He led them out of it.
Acts 7:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) “But as the time when [the fulfillment of] the promise [God had made] to Abraham approached, the number of people [i.e., Hebrews] in Egypt grew More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, Common English Bible “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 And when the time of the Promise that God had revealed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt, |
The God of Israel chose our forefathers [to be His people] and made them a great people when they lived in Egypt, and with His mighty power He led them out of it.
And God had spoken about this [beforehand] by saying that Abraham’s descendants would live in a foreign country and that they would [eventually] be ill-treated as slaves for four hundred years.