Acts 7:19 meaning and explanation
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
Acts 7:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Stephen is retelling Israel's history before the Sanhedrin, answering the charge of blasphemy. Here he describes the period just before Moses' birth, when a new Pharaoh who did not know Joseph feared Israel's growth and crushed them with forced labor.
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