Acts 7:17-29

17“But as the 1time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, 2the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, 18until 3there arose another king over Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph. 19It was he who took 4shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would 56expose their infants and they would not survive. 20It was at this time that 7Moses was born; and he was lovely 8in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father’s home. 21And after he had been set outside, 9Pharaoh’s daughter 10took him away and nurtured him as her own son. 22Moses was educated in all 11the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds. 23But when he was approaching the age of forty, 12it entered his 13mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel. 24And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian. 25And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them 14deliverance 15through him, but they did not understand. 2616On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?’ 27But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘17Who made you a ruler and judge over us? 2818You do not mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’ 29At this remark, 19Moses fled and became an alien in the land of 20Midian, where he 21became the father of two sons.