Bible Strands
Acts 7:21
When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Stephen addresses the Jewish council, recounting the events of Moses’ infancy immediately after noting the child’s three-month concealment in his father’s house.
The words — ἐκτεθέντος (ektethentos) means “having been exposed,” and ἀνείλατο (aneilato) means “took up,” describing the physical removal of the infant from danger into royal care.
The thread — This rescue mirrors the concealment in Exodus 2:2 and later contrasts with Moses’ refusal to claim the royal identity in Hebrews 11:24.
Why it lands — The text states that a discarded infant was physically taken and raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, establishing a historical reversal that precedes any theological inference about divine providence or covenant faithfulness.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
- Exodus 2:2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
- Deuteronomy 32:26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,