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What does Acts 7:20 mean?
"At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house."
— Acts 7:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.
The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
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