King James Version with Apocrypha
"But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,"
— Acts 7:17, King James Version with Apocrypha
“But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,”
“But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, ”
“"But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,”
““But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,”
“And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt.”
“But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,”
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months: