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Acts 7:14-22 Modern English Version (MEV)

14. Then Joseph sent and called for his father Jacob and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

15. Then Jacob went down into Egypt. And he and our fathers died,

16. and were carried to Shechem and put in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.

17. “When the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

18. until another king rose up who did not know Joseph.

19. He dealt deceitfully with our people and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to put out their young children, that they might not live.

20. “At that time Moses was born, and was fair in the sight of God. And he was reared for three months in his father’s house.

21. When he was put out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.

22. Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in words and in deeds.

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