Acts 7:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 7:17 Cross References

Genesis 47:27

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

Exodus 1:20

And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Acts 13:17

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

Acts 7:6

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil, four hundred years.