Acts 7:17 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁷ “As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had sworn to Abraham, our people increased and multiplied in Egypt

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near which God had made to Abraham, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “When it was time for God to keep the promise he made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly expanded.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And when the time of the Promise that God had revealed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 7:17 Tagairtí Cros

Acts 13:17

The God of this people chose our fathers and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he led them out of that country.

Acts 7:6

God told him that his descendants would be sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people of that land would enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.