Acts 7:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ Then ·a new [^Lanother] king, who ·did not know who Joseph was [or did not think Joseph was important], ·began to rule Egypt [^Larose; Ex. 1:8]. ¹⁹ This king ·tricked [exploited; dealt treacherously with] our ·people [^Lrace] and was cruel to our ·ancestors [^Lfathers], forcing them to ·leave [^Lexpose; abandon] their babies outside to die [^Csuch abandonment was a common ancient method of population control]. ²⁰ At this time Moses was born, and he was ·very beautiful [beautiful before/to God; or of high status in God’s eyes]. For three months Moses was cared for in his father’s house.