Acts 7:29
New International Version
When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.

New Living Translation
When Moses heard that, he fled the country and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. There his two sons were born.

English Standard Version
At this retort Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Berean Standard Bible
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

Berean Literal Bible
Now at this remark, Moses fled, and became exiled in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

King James Bible
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

New King James Version
Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

New American Standard Bible
At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME A STRANGER IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he fathered two sons.

NASB 1995
“At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he became the father of two sons.

NASB 1977
“And at this remark MOSES FLED, AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he became the father of two sons.

Legacy Standard Bible
At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME A SOJOURNER IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he was the father of two sons.

Amplified Bible
At this remark MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN EXILE IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he fathered two sons.

Christian Standard Bible
“When he heard this, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.

American Standard Version
And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Moses fled at this saying and he became a nomad in the land of Midian and he had 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.

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

English Revised Version
And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
After he said that, Moses quickly left Egypt and lived in Midian as a foreigner. In Midian he fathered two sons.

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.

International Standard Version
Because of this, Moses fled and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. There he had two sons.

Literal Standard Version
And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons,

Majority Standard Bible
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

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.

NET Bible
When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of 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.

New Heart English Bible
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

Weymouth New Testament
"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

World English Bible
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Young's Literal Translation
'And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
28Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons. 30After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.…

Cross References
Exodus 2:15
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

Exodus 2:22
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become a foreigner in a foreign land."

Exodus 4:20
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

Exodus 18:3
along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land."

Exodus 18:4
The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, "The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."


Treasury of Scripture

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

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…

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…

Midian.

Exodus 18:2-4
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, …

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Acts 7
1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.














(29) Then fled Moses at this saying.--The rapid survey of the history passes over the intermediate link of Pharaoh's knowledge of the murder of the Egyptian, and his search for Moses.

Verse 29. - And Moses fled for then fled Moses, A.V.; became a sojourner for was a stranger, A.V.; Midian for Madian, A.V.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
At
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

this
τούτῳ (toutō)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

remark,
λόγῳ (logō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.

Moses
Μωϋσῆς (Mōusēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3475: Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.

fled
ἔφυγεν (ephygen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5343: To flee, escape, shun. Apparently a primary verb; to run away; by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish.

to
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] land
γῇ (gē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

of Midian,
Μαδιάμ (Madiam)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3099: Of Hebrew origin; Madian, a region of Arabia.

where
οὗ (hou)
Adverb
Strong's 3757: Where, whither, when, in what place. Genitive case of hos as adverb; at which place, i.e. Where.

he lived as
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

a foreigner
πάροικος (paroikos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3941: Foreign, alien, subst: a foreigner, sojourner. From para and oikos; having a home near, i.e. a by-dweller.

[and] had
ἐγέννησεν (egennēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

sons.
υἱοὺς (huious)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


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