Acts 7:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷ “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.^{(A) 18} Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’^{[a](B) 19} He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.^(C)