Acts 7:17-29

17“But as the time [for the fulfillment] of the promise which God had made to Abraham was approaching, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18until [the time when] there arose another king over egypt who did not know joseph [nor his history and the merit of his service to Egypt].

19He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.

20It was at this [critical] time that Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and for three months he was nourished in his father’s house.

21Then when he was set outside [to die], Pharaoh’s daughter rescued him and claimed him for herself, and cared for him as her own son.

22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.

23But when he reached the age of forty, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

24And when he saw one [of them] being treated unfairly, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking and killing the Egyptian.

25He expected his countrymen to understand that God was granting them freedom through him [assuming that they would accept him], but they did not understand.

26Then on the next day he suddenly appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’

27But the man who was injuring his neighbor pushed Moses away, saying, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge over us?

28Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

29At this remark Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.