The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

'CRAFTILY'-'Lit., to employ cunning against' (Vincent p. 478) 'To use fraud, craft, deceit.' (Robertson p. 85)

'ILL-TREATED OUR FATHERS'- Exodus 2:8

'THEY SHOULD CAST OUT THEIR BABES..'- Exodus 2:15

Points to Note:

Bruce observes, 'But for this policy they might have found Egypt so comfortable that they would never thought of leaving it!' (p. 149) Thus, we see God's plans and purposes working even with the unwitting cooperation of evil men.

Notice all the historical "detail" that Stephen cites. The way that the O.T. records it is the way that it happened. Nothing has been embellished.

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