Acts 7:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

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.

Exodus 1:20

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

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.