Acts 7:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} as{G2531} the time{G5550} of the promise{G1860} drew nigh{G1448} which{G3739} God{G2316} vouchsafed{G3660} unto Abraham,{G11} the people{G2992} grew{G837} and{G2532} multiplied{G4129} in{G1722} Egypt,{G125}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} when{G2531} the time{G5550} of the promise{G1860} drew nigh{G1448}{(G5707)}, which{G3739} God{G2316} had sworn{G3660}{(G5656)} to Abraham{G11}, the people{G2992} grew{G837}{(G5656)} and{G2532} multiplied{G4129}{(G5681)} in{G1722} Egypt{G125},

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    When ye tyme of ye promes drue nye (which God had sworme to Abraham) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Now wha the tyme of the promes drue nye (which God had sworne vnto Abraha) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But when the time of the promes drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But when the tyme of the promyse drewe nye, whiche God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:6 : 6 God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and He made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt. With an uplifted arm, He led them out of it.
  • 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
  • Gen 15:13-16 : 13 The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years." 14 "But I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will come out with great wealth." 15 "As for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age." 16 In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.
  • Exod 1:7-9 : 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. 8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, arose to power in Egypt. 9 He said to his people, "Look, the people of Israel have become too numerous and too powerful for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country." 11 So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses. 12 Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  • Exod 1:20 : 20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.
  • Ps 105:24-25 : 24 The LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their adversaries. 25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 7:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18 Then another king arose in Egypt, one who did not know Joseph.

    19 This king dealt deceitfully with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to abandon their infants, so they would not survive.

  • Acts 7:4-13
    10 verses
    78%

    4 So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him to this land where you are now living.

    5 But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

    6 God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

    7 But I will judge the nation that they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and afterward, they will come out and worship me in this place.'

    8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. Under this covenant, Abraham became the father of Isaac, and on the eighth day, he circumcised him. Isaac then became the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs.

    9 Because they were jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.

    10 God rescued him from all his troubles, and He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

    11 Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

    12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

    13 On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

  • Exod 1:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7 But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

    8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, arose to power in Egypt.

    9 He said to his people, "Look, the people of Israel have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

  • Gen 47:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27 Now Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They gained property there, were fruitful, and greatly multiplied in number.

    28 Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, and the years of his life were one hundred and forty-seven in total.

  • Acts 7:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

    16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.

  • Exod 2:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God.

    24 God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
    73%

    8 When Jacob went into Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • Exod 1:5
    72%

    5 The total number of Jacob's descendants was seventy, and Joseph was already in Egypt.

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Exod 1:12
    71%

    12 Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

  • Exod 6:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as strangers.

    5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

  • Exod 12:40
    71%

    40 Now the time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.

  • Exod 13:19
    70%

    19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, 'God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.'

  • Acts 13:17
    70%

    17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and He made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt. With an uplifted arm, He led them out of it.

  • Gen 17:2
    70%

    2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you.

  • Heb 6:13
    70%

    13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Deut 7:8
    70%

    8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your ancestors, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
    70%

    19 When you were few in number, a small group of strangers in the land,

  • Exod 3:17
    70%

    17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'

  • Josh 24:3
    70%

    3 But I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.

  • Acts 7:39
    70%

    39 But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  • Acts 7:2
    70%

    2 Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran.

  • Gen 41:29
    69%

    29 Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 32:13
    69%

    13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'

  • Exod 7:5
    69%

    5 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.

  • Exod 1:20
    69%

    20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
    69%

    7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods.

  • Gen 46:6
    69%

    6 They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt.

  • Gen 15:13
    69%

    13 The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years."

  • Gen 47:7
    69%

    7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Exod 6:8
    69%

    8 'And I will bring you to the land that I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.'

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