◄ Acts 7:29 ►
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Good News Translation
When Moses heard this, he fled from Egypt and went to live in the land of Midian. There he had two sons.

New Revised Standard Version
When he heard this, Moses fled and became a resident alien in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

Contemporary English Version
When Moses heard this, he ran away to live in the country of Midian. His two sons were born there.

New American Bible
Moses fled when he heard this and settled as an alien in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

Exodus 2:14-22 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known? . . .

Exodus 4:19,20 And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt; for they are all dead that sought thy life. . . .

Midian.

Exodus 18:2-4 He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back: . . .

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
…28What! Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? 29And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons. 30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.…
Cross References
Exodus 2:15
And Pharao heard of this word, and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well.

Exodus 2:21
And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:

Exodus 2:22
And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.

Exodus 4:20
Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

Exodus 18:4
And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.

Acts 7:28
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