Acts 7:17-29

17“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

18until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.

19This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

20At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

21and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

22So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

23But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

24When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.

25He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.

26The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

27But the man who was unfairly hurting his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

28You don’t want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’

29When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.