Now it happened in those days, after Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He noticed an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
Acts 7:24 - Tree of Life Version When he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he went to the defense of the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And on seeing one of them being unjustly treated, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian and slaying [him]. American Standard Version (1901) And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian: Common English Bible He saw one of them being wronged so he came to his rescue and evened the score by killing the Egyptian. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had seen a certain one suffering injury, he defended him. And striking the Egyptian, he wrought a retribution for him who was enduring the injury. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him; and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury. |
Now it happened in those days, after Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He noticed an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
So he looked around and when he saw that there was nobody, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
“When he was approaching forty years of age, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, Bnei-Yisrael.
He was assuming that his brothers understood that by his hand God was delivering them, but they did not understand.
You don’t want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’