Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Acts 7:19 in English Standard Version "He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive." Ex 1:9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. Ex 1:16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” Ex 1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.” Ps 105:25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.