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Acts 7:18 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 18
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.Acts 7:18 · King James Version
Acts 7:18 in context
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.
20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- aroseanistēmito cause to rise up, raise up, raise up from laying down, to raise up from the dead, to…G450 →
- kingbasileusleader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, kingG935 →
- kneweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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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