Acts 7:17

Good News Translation

“When the time drew near for God to keep the promise he had made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had grown much larger.

Cross References

Genesis 47:27

The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen, where they became rich and had many children.

Exodus 1:20

Because the midwives were God-fearing, God was good to them and gave them families of their own. And the Israelites continued to increase and become strong.

Acts 13:17

The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people a great nation during the time they lived as foreigners in Egypt. God brought them out of Egypt by his great power,

Acts 7:6

This is what God said to him: ‘Your descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be slaves and will be badly treated for four hundred years.