Acts 7:29
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Acts 7:29 in other translations
| BSB | At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons. |
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| WEB | Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons. |
| ASV | And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. |
| YLT | ‘And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons, |
| DARBY | And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons. |
| BBE | And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons. |
| Webster | Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. |
What does Acts 7:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 7:28-29
28-29. Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?--Moses had thought the deed unseen (Ex 2:12), but it now appeared he was mistaken.
Barnes' Notes
Was a stranger. Or became a sojourner--παροικος--one who had a temporary abode in the land. The use of this word implies that he did not expect to make that his permanent dwelling.
In the land of Madian. This was a part of Arabia. It was situated on the east side of the Red Sea. The city of Midian is placed there by the Arabian geographers; but the Midianites seem to have spread themselves along the desert east of Mount Seir, to the vicinity of the Moabites. To the west they ex, tended also to the neighbourhood of Mount Sinai. This was extensively a desert region, an unknown land; and Moses expected there to be safe from Pharaoh.
Where he begat two sons. He married Zipporah, the daughter of Reuel, (Ex 2:18,) or Jethro, (Nu 10:29, Ex 3:1,) a priest of Midian. The names of the two sons were Gershom and Eliezer, Ex 18:3,4.
(+) "stranger" "Sojourned"
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 7:17-29
Let us not be discouraged at the slowness of the fulfilling of God's promises. Suffering times often are growing times with the church. God is preparing for his people's deliverance, when their day is darkest, and their distress deepest. Moses was exceeding fair, "fair toward God;" it is the beauty of holiness which is in God's sight of great price. He was wonderfully preserved in his infancy; for God will take…
Acts 7:29 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 7:29
- Exodus 18:2-4
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
- Exodus 2:14-22
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. …
- Exodus 4:19-20
And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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Midian.
Ex 18:2-4
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Context
- Acts 7:28
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
- Acts 7:29
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
- Acts 7:30
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Acts 7:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A esta palabra Moisés huyó, y se hizo extranjero en tierra de Madián, donde engendró dos hijos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse s’enfuit à cette parole, et fut étranger dans le pays de Madian, où il engendra deux fils. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Moses aber entfloh bei diesem Worte und wurde Fremdling im Lande Midian, wo er zwei Söhne zeugte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto: et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos. |