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Acts 7:23

World English Bible

But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

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Acts 7:23 in other translations

But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

Acts 7:23 · American Standard Version

Acts 7:23 in context

  1. 21When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
  2. 22Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
  3. 23But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
  4. 24Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
  5. 25He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.