Acts 7:23 - The Message23-26 “When he was forty years old, he wondered how everything was going with his Hebrew kin and went out to look things over. He saw an Egyptian abusing one of them and stepped in, avenging his underdog brother by knocking the Egyptian flat. He thought his brothers would be glad that he was on their side, and even see him as an instrument of God to deliver them. But they didn’t see it that way. The next day two of them were fighting and he tried to break it up, told them to shake hands and get along with each other: ‘Friends, you are brothers, why are you beating up on each other?’ See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176923 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition23 And when he was in his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his kinsmen the children of Israel [to help them and to care for them]. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)23 But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. See the chapterCommon English Bible23 “When Moses was 40 years old, he decided to visit his family, the Israelites. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version23 But when forty years of age were completed in him, it rose up in his heart that he should visit his brothers, the sons of Israel. See the chapter |