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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.

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ἔφυγενephugenfledφεύγω (pheugō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “fled”, a single actionG5343I flee, escape, shun.fledδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ΜωϋσῆςmōusēsMosesΜωϋσῆςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the subject formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.Mosesἐνenatἐνpreposition — “at”G1722in, on, among.atτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγῳlogōsayingλόγος (logos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “saying”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.sayingτούτῳtoutōthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐγένετοegenetowasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.wasπάροικοςparoikosa strangerπάροικοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “a stranger”, the subject formG3941foreign, alien, subst: a foreigner, sojourner.This verse uses “a stranger”.a strangerἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inγῇgēlandγῆnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “land”, the to- or for-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.the landΜαδιάμmadiamof MadianΜαδιάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Madian”, the of-formG3099(Hebrew), Midian, generally taken to mean or to include the peninsula of Sinai.of Madianοὗhouwhereοὗadverb — “where”G3757where, whither, when, in what place.This verse uses “where”.whereἐγέννησενegennēsenhe begatγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he begat”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.he begatυἱοὺςhuioussonsυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “sons”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.sonsδύοduotwoδύοadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “two”, the object formG1417two.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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