Acts 7:17

New International Version

“As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.

Cross References

Genesis 47:27

Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

Exodus 1:20

So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.

Acts 13:17

The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country;

Acts 7:6

God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.