Acts 7:17

Acts chapter 7 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

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,

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,

v.16and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

v.17This passage

v.18till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 105:24
And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
Exodus 1:20
And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
2 Peter 3:8
But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Acts 13:17
The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.