Acts 7:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

Cross References

Genesis 47:27

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.

Exodus 1:20

So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very strong.

Acts 13:17

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

Acts 7:6

And God spoke to this effect, that his posterity would be aliens in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and ill-treat them four hundred years.