Hebrews 11:24

THE MESSAGE

By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house. He chose a hard life with God's people rather than an opportunistic soft life of sin with the oppressors. He valued suffering in the Messiah's camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff. By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king's blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and kept right on going. By an act of faith, he kept the Passover Feast and sprinkled Passover blood on each house so that the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn't touch them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter

King James Version (1611)
By faith Moses when hee was come to yeeres, refused to bee called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter,

King James Version
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

English Standard Version
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

New American Standard Bible
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

New Century Version
It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of the king of Egypt's daughter.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Legacy Standard Bible
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Berean Standard Bible
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

Contemporary English Version
Then after Moses grew up, his faith made him refuse to be called Pharaoh's grandson.

Complete Jewish Bible
By trusting, Moshe, after he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

Darby Translation
By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Easy-to-Read Version
Moses grew up and became a man. He refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose not to enjoy the pleasures of sin that last such a short time. Instead, he chose to suffer with God's people. He did this because he had faith.

Geneva Bible (1587)
By faith Moses when he was come to age, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter,

George Lamsa Translation
By faith Moses, when he came to manhood, refused to be called the son of Pha''raoh''s daughter.

Good News Translation
It was faith that made Moses, when he had grown up, refuse to be called the son of the king's daughter.

Lexham English Bible
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Literal Translation
Having become great, Moses by faith refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Amplified Bible
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

American Standard Version
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Bible in Basic English
By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Hebrew Names Version
By faith, Moshe, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Par`oh's daughter,

International Standard Version
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,Exodus 2:10-11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
By faith Musha, when he became a man, refused to be called the son of the daughter of Pherun;

Murdock Translation
By faith Moses, when be became a man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
By fayth Moyses when he was great, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter:

English Revised Version
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

World English Bible
By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Weymouth's New Testament
Through faith Moses, when he grew to manhood, refused to be known as Pharaoh's daughter's son,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bi feith Moises was maad greet, and denyede that he was the sone of Faraos douytir,

Update Bible Version
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Webster's Bible Translation
By faith Moses, when he had come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

New English Translation
By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

New King James Version
By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

New Living Translation
It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

New Life Bible
Because Moses had faith, he would not be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter when he grew up.

New Revised Standard
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
By faith, Moses, when grown up - refused to be called the son of a daughter of a Pharaoh,

Douay-Rheims Bible
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, denied himself to be the son of Pharao’s daughter:

Revised Standard Version
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
By fayth Moses when he was great refused to be called ye sonne of Pharaos doughter

Young's Literal Translation
by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
By faith Moses whan he was greate, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter:

Mace New Testament (1729)
by faith Moses when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Simplified Cowboy Version
It was by a heapin' of faith that Moses didn't want to be known as the son of the Pharaoh's daughter.

Contextual Overview

⁴ By an act of faith, Abel brought a better sacrifice to God than Cain. It was what he believed, not what he brought, that made the difference. That's what God noticed and approved as righteous. After all these centuries, that belief continues to catch our notice. ⁵By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. "They looked all over and couldn't find him because God had taken him." We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken "he pleased God." It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him. ⁷ By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God. ⁸By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going. By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise. Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by God. ¹¹By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said. That's how it happened that from one man's dead and shriveled loins there are now people numbering into the millions. ¹³Each one of these people of faith died not yet having in hand what was promised, but still believing. How did they do it? They saw it way off in the distance, waved their greeting, and accepted the fact that they were transients in this world. People who live this way make it plain that they are looking for their true home. If they were homesick for the old country, they could have gone back any time they wanted. But they were after a far better country than that—heaven country. You can see why God is so proud of them, and has a City waiting for them. ¹⁷By faith, Abraham, at the time of testing, offered Isaac back to God. Acting in faith, he was as ready to return the promised son, his only son, as he had been to receive him—and this after he had already been told, "Your descendants shall come from Isaac." Abraham figured that if God wanted to, he could raise the dead. In a sense, that's what happened when he received Isaac back, alive from off the altar. ²⁰ By an act of faith, Isaac reached into the future as he blessed Jacob and Esau. ²¹ By an act of faith, Jacob on his deathbed blessed each of Joseph's sons in turn, blessing them with God's blessing, not his own—as he bowed worshipfully upon his staff. ²² By an act of faith, Joseph, while dying, prophesied the exodus of Israel, and made arrangements for his own burial.

Bible Verse Review
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when: Exodus 2:10, Acts 7:21-24

Reciprocal: Exodus 2:11 - Moses Numbers 24:11 - the Lord Ruth 2:11 - and how Matthew 1:24 - did Matthew 4:8 - and showeth Matthew 13:44 - for joy Matthew 16:24 - If Matthew 20:5 - and did Mark 8:36 - profit Mark 10:29 - There Acts 7:23 - when Ephesians 6:16 - the shield 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - your

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By faith Moses, when he was come to years,.... Or "was great"; a nobleman in Pharaoh's court; or when he was arrived to great knowledge, being learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; or rather when he was well advanced in years, being full forty years of age, Acts 7:22

refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; by whom Moses was taken up out of the water; by whom he was named, and provided for; she reckoned him as her own son, and designed him for Pharaoh's successor, as Josephus reports l: he refused all this honour, both in words, and by facts; he denied that he was the son of Pharaoh's daughter, as the words will bear to be rendered; for to be "called", often signifies only to "be"; and by taking part with the Israelites, and against the Egyptians, he plainly declared that his descent was from the former, and not the latter: and this discovered great faith; and showed that he preferred being called an Israelite to any earthly adoption, and the care of the church, and people of God, to his own worldly honour and interest; and that he believed the promises of God, before the flatteries of a court; and esteemed afflictions and reproaches, with the people of God, and for his sake, better than sinful pleasures, and earthly riches, as in the following words. Of Pharaoh's daughter, Acts 7:22- :.

l Antiqu. l. 2. c. 9. sect. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By faith Moses - He had confidence in God when he called him to be the leader of his people. He believed that he was able to deliver them, and he so trusted in him that he was willing at his command to forego the splendid prospects which opened before him in Egypt. “When he was come to years.” Greek “being great;” that is, when he was grown up to manhood. He was at that time forty years of age; see the notes on Acts 7:23. He took this step, therefore, in the full maturity of his judgment, and when there was no danger of being influenced by the ardent passions of youth.

Refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter - When saved from the ark in which he was placed on the Nile, he was brought up for the daughter of Pharaoh; Exodus 2:9. He seems to have been adopted by her, and trained up as her own son. What prospects this opened before him is not certainly known. There is no probability that he would he the heir to the crown of Egypt, as is often affirmed, for there is no proof that the crown descended in the line of daughters; nor if it did, is there any probability that it would descend on an adopted son of a daughter. But his situation could not but be regarded as highly honorable, and as attended with great advantages. It gave him the opportunity of receiving the best education which the times and country afforded - an opportunity of which he seems to have availed himself to the utmost; notes, Acts 7:22. It would doubtless be connected with important offices in the state. It furnished the opportunity of a life of ease and pleasure - such as they commonly delight in who reside at courts. And it doubtless opened before him the prospect of wealth - for there is no improbability in supposing that he would be the heir of the daughter of a rich monarch. Yet all this, it is said, he “refused.” There is indeed no express mention made of his formaliy and openly refusing it, but his leaving the court, and identifying himself with his oppressed countrymen, was in fact a refusal of these high honors, and of these brilliant prospects. It is not impossible that when he became acquainted with his real history, there was some open and decided refusal on his part, to be regarded as the son of the daughter of this pagan monarch.