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The Call of Moses

Acts 7:36

In 9 translations

BSB
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
KJV
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
WEB
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
ASV
This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
LSV
this one brought them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;
YLT
this one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;
DBY
He led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
DRC
He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the desert forty years.
GNV
Hee brought them out, doing wonders, and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wildernes fourtie yeeres.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γῇ (“[the] land of”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τῇ (“the”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read Αἰγύπτῳ (“Egypt”); Textus Receptus read Αἰγύπτοῦ (“Egypt”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of τεσσεράκοντα: Textus Receptus: τεσσαράκοντα.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: γῇ. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read γῇ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read τῇ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὗτος ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ποιήσας τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν Ἐρυθρᾷ Θαλάσσῃ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα.
RP2018
Οὗτος ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς, ποιήσας τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα.
TR-Boyd
Οὗτος ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς, ποιήσας τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐν Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα.
SCR1894
ουτος εξηγαγεν αυτους ποιησας τερατα και σημεια εν γη αιγυπτου και εν ερυθρα θαλασση και εν τη ερημω ετη τεσσαρακοντα

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📍 Egypt📍 Red Sea◆ Stephen addresses the council

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  • Exodus 12:41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
  • Exodus 33:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your…
  • Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
  • Exodus 14:27–29So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea. The waters flowed back and covered the chariots…
  • Exodus 7:1–14The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites…
  • Psalms 78:12–33He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of…
  • Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of…
  • Psalms 105:27–36They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words. He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. Their land…
  • Nehemiah 9:10You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
  • Numbers 20:1–21In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and…
  • Deuteronomy 8:4Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
  • Hebrews 8:9It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
  • Deuteronomy 2:25–37This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.” So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent…
  • Psalms 136:9–21the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever. He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever. and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures…
  • Psalms 78:42–51They did not remember His power — the day He redeemed them from the adversary, when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they…

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