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Acts 7:17 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 17
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,Acts 7:17 · King James Version
Acts 7:17 in context
15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multipliedplēthynōto increase, to multiply, to be increased, multiply, to be increased, to multiplyG4129 →
- promiseepangeliaannouncement, promise, the act of promising, a promise given or to be given, a promised…G1860 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
- swornomnyōto swear, to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath, in swearing to call a person or…G3660 →
- timechronostime either long or shortG5550 →
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Stephen here goes on to relate, I. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel in Egypt; it was by a wonder of providence that in a little time they advanced from a family into a nation. 1. It was when the time of the promise drew nigh - the time when they were to be formed into a people.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29