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Acts 7:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 7:21

Verse 21 of 60

Scripture focus

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

Acts 7:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 7:21

Theological / Devotional

Cast out. Jochebed, the mother of Moses, fulfilled the king’s command and, at the same time, executed her own plan (see on Ex. 2:3).

Took him up. Literally, “lifted him up,” referring either to Moses’ being taken out of the Nile, or more likely, to his being adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter. The root form of the verb means “to choose,” and is so used in Phil. 1:22. Its force is made clear in the next phrase.

Her own son. See on Ex. 2:5, 10. Josephus (ibid. ii. 9. 7 [232-237]) declares that according to Jewish tradition the then-ruling Pharaoh had no son, and Moses was selected to be the heir.

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