17'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,


In Context

14 and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred — with seventy and five souls —

15 and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

16 and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

17 'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

19 this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

Acts 7:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:17"As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:17But as the time of the promise drew nigh, which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17|But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,