Acts 7:20-29

New American Standard Bible

²⁰ At this time ^(A)Moses was born; and he was beautiful to God. He was nurtured for three months in his father’s home. ²¹ And after he had been put outside, ^(B)Pharaoh’s daughter ^[a]took him away and nurtured him as her own son. ²² Moses was educated in all ^(C)the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in ^[b]speaking and action. ²³ But when he was approaching the age of forty, ^(D)it entered his ^[c]mind to visit his countrymen, the sons of Israel. ²⁴ And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended and took vengeance for the oppressed man by fatally striking the Egyptian. ²⁵ And he thought that his brothers understood that God was granting them ^[d]deliverance ^[e]through him; but they did not understand. ^26 (E)And on the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting each other, and he tried to reconcile them to peace, by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers, why are you injuring each other?’ ²⁷ But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘^(F)Who made you a ruler and judge over us? ^28 (G)You do not intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’ ²⁹ At this remark, ^(H)Moses fled and became a stranger in the land of ^[f]Midian, where he ^(I)fathered two sons.