Acts 7:21

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

American Standard Version (ASV)

and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

Webster's Revision

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

World English Bible

When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.

English Revised Version (ERV)

and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

Definitions for Acts 7:21

Cast - Worn-out; old; cast-off.

Barnes's Acts 7:21 Bible Commentary

Was cast out - When he was exposed on the banks of the Nile, Exodus 2:3.

And nourished him - Adopted him, and treated him as her own son, Exodus 2:10. It is implied in this that he was educated by her. An adopted son in the family of Pharaoh would be favored with all the advantages which the land could furnish for an education.

Wesley's Acts 7:21 Bible Commentary

7:21 Pharaoh's daughter took him up - By which means, being designed for a kingdom, he had all those advantages of education, which he could not have had, if he had not been exposed.

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