20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
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By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. …
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-29)Stephen here goes on to relate, I. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel in Egypt; it was by a wonder of providence that in a little time they advanced from a family into a nation. 1. It was when the time of the promise drew nigh —the time when they were to be formed into a people. During the first two hundred and fifteen years after the promise made to Abraham, the children of the covena…
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