Acts 7:18

"“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,"

Key Reflection

As the period approached when God was set to fulfill His promise made to Abraham, the Israelites began to flourish and expand within Egypt. This rapid growth might have initially appeared as a blessing to Pharaoh’s administration, providing a larger workforce for his projects, but it foreshadowed the eventual tensions that would arise between the Egyptians and the Hebrews due to their increasing numbers.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 18. Till another king arose. This is quoted from Ex 1:8. What was the name of this king is not certainly known. The common name of all the kings of Egypt was Pharaoh, as Caesar became the common name of the emperors of Rome after the time of Julius Caesar: thus we say, Augustus Caesar, Tiberius Caesar, etc. It has commonly been supposed to have been the celebrated Rameses, or Ramses Meiamoun, the sixth king of the eighteenth dynasty; and the event is supposed to have occurred about 1559 years before the Christian era. But M. Champollion supposes that his name was Mandonel, whose reign commenced 1585, and ended 1565 years before. Christ. (Essay on the Hieroglyphic System, pp.

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