Acts 7:17

Easy To Read Version

“The number of Israelites {\cf2\super [130]} in Egypt grew. There were more and more of our people there. (The promise that God made to Abraham was soon to come true.)

Cross References

Genesis 47:27

Israel (Jacob) stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They got that land in Egypt and did very well.

Acts 13:17

The God of Israel (the Jews) chose our ancestors. God helped his people to have success during the time they lived in Egypt as strangers. God brought them out of that country with great power.

Acts 7:6

This is what God said to him: ‘Your descendants {\cf2\super [123]} will live in another country. They will be strangers. The people there will make them slaves and do bad things to them for 400 years.