Acts 7:20

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At that time, Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God's sight. He was cared for in his father's house for three months.

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  • Heb 11:23 : 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's order.
  • Exod 2:2-9 : 2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 When she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket, coated it with tar and pitch, placed the child inside, and laid it among the reeds along the riverbank. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. 5 Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe at the river, and her attendants walked along the bank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her servant, and had it brought to her. 6 She opened it and saw the child—behold, the baby was crying. She felt compassion for him and said, 'This is one of the Hebrew children.' 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, 'Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?' 8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Go.' So the girl went and called the child's mother. 9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.' So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, 'I drew him out of the water.'
  • 1 Sam 16:12 : 12 So Jesse sent for him and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; this is the one."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 7:21-24
    4 verses
    89%

    21When he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

    22Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

    23When he was forty years old, it entered his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

    24When Moses saw someone being mistreated, he came to his defense and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

  • Heb 11:23-24
    2 verses
    80%

    23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's order.

    24By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

  • Exod 2:5-11
    7 verses
    78%

    5Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe at the river, and her attendants walked along the bank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her servant, and had it brought to her.

    6She opened it and saw the child—behold, the baby was crying. She felt compassion for him and said, 'This is one of the Hebrew children.'

    7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, 'Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?'

    8Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Go.' So the girl went and called the child's mother.

    9Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.' So the woman took the child and nursed him.

    10When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, 'I drew him out of the water.'

    11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • Exod 2:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

    3When she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket, coated it with tar and pitch, placed the child inside, and laid it among the reeds along the riverbank.

  • Acts 7:17-19
    3 verses
    77%

    17As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

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

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

  • Acts 7:29
    74%

    29When Moses heard this, he fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

  • Exod 1:22
    71%

    22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.

  • Exod 7:7
    70%

    7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

  • Exod 11:3
    70%

    3The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was highly regarded in the land of Egypt by Pharaoh's officials and by the people.

  • Acts 7:36
    69%

    36This is the one who led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

  • Exod 2:15-17
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    69%

    15When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well.

    16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

    17Some shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their flock.

  • Exod 3:1
    68%

    1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exod 2:22
    68%

    22She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, 'I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.'

  • Exod 1:16-18
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    68%

    16"When you help the Hebrew women give birth and observe them on the birthing stools, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."

    17The midwives, however, feared God and did not obey the king of Egypt's command; they let the boys live.

    18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?"

  • Acts 7:31
    67%

    31Moses was amazed at what he saw. As he approached to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say,

  • Exod 1:20
    67%

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

  • Num 20:15
    67%

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

  • Acts 7:6
    67%

    6God 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.