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Acts 7:21

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7:21and when he had been abandoned,57 Pharaoh’s daughter adopted58 him and brought him up59 as her own son.

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  1. 57 Or “exposed” (see v. 19).
  2. 58 Grk “Pharaoh’s daughter took him up for herself.” According to ἀναιρέω, “The pap. exx. involve exposed children taken up and reared as slaves … The rendering ‘adopt’ lacks philological precision and can be used only in a loose sense (as ), esp. when Gr-Rom. terminology relating to adoption procedures is taken into account.” In this instance both the immediate context and the OT account (Exod 2:3–10) do support the normal sense of the English word “adopt,” although it should not be understood to refer to a technical, legal event.
  3. 59 Or “and reared him” ( ἀνατρέφω b).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When he was put outside, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted and raised him as her own son.

NLTNew Living Translation

When they had to abandon him, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and raised him as her own son.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and brought him up as her own son.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.