Acts Chapter 7 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 7:20

At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.
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BBE Acts 7:20

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:
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DARBY Acts 7:20

In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.
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KJV Acts 7:20

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
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WEB Acts 7:20

At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
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YLT Acts 7:20

in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - At which season for in which time, A.V.; he was nourished three months in his father's house for nourished up in his father's house three months, A.V. Exceeding fair (ἀστεῖος τῷ Θεῷ). In Exodus 2:2 it is simply ἀστεῖος, "a goodly child," A.V., and so in Hebrews 11:23, rendered "a goodly child," "a proper child," A.V. Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 2. 9:5, 7) describes Pharaoh's daughter as captivated by the size and beauty of the child, and as speaking of him to Pharaoh as of Divine beauty. And Justin (quoted by Whitby) says that the beauty of his person was greatly in his favor.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Exceeding fair.--Literally, as in the margin, fair to God. The adjective is found in the LXX. of Exodus 2:2, as applied to Moses. The special idiom for expressing pre-eminent excellence is itself essentially Hebrew, the highest goodness being thought of as that which approves itself as good to God; but this also had become familiar to Hellenistic Jews through the LXX. version, as, e.g., in Jonah 3:3, a city "great to God" = an exceeding great city. St. Paul's "mighty to God" (2Corinthians 10:4) is probably an example of the same idiom. Josephus, following probably some old tradition (Ant i. 9, ? 6), describes the beauty of the infant Moses as such that those who met him turned to gaze in admiration.