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Acts 7:29

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

KJV

ἔφυγεν δὲ Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ἐγένετο πάροικος ἐν γῇ Μαδιάμ, οὗ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς δύο.

Greek NT

Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto : et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μαδιάν
madian
noun · 1×
Μωσεύς
moseus
noun · 81×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γεννάω
gennao
verb · 97×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὗ
ou
adverb · 24×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πάροικος
paroikos
adjective · 4×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
φεύγω
pheugo
verb · 30×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
  • Exod 2:22 — And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
  • Exod 18:2 — Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
  • Exod 18:3 — And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: