Acts 7:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ “The promise God made to Abraham [Gen. 15:12–16] was soon to come true, and the number of people in Egypt ·grew large [^Lincreased/flourished and multiplied]. 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].