Acts 7:17-19

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “When it was time for God to keep the promise he made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly expanded. ¹⁸ But then another king rose to power over Egypt who didn’t know anything about Joseph.^{[a] 19} He exploited our people and abused our ancestors. He even forced them to abandon their newly born babies so they would die.