OET interlinear ACTs 7:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

καθὼς δὲ ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας & ηὔξησεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ἐπληθύνθη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς Δέ ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς ὡμολόγησεν ὁ Θεός τῷ Ἀβραάμ ηὔξησεν ὁ λαός καί ἐπληθύνθη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ)

In your language it may be helpful to say that the people increased and multiplied before saying that the time of the promise approached. Alternate translation: [the people increased and multiplied in Egypt as the time of the promise … approached]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

καθὼς & ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ἧς ὡμολόγησεν ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς Δέ ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς ὡμολόγησεν ὁ Θεός τῷ Ἀβραάμ ηὔξησεν ὁ λαός καί ἐπληθύνθη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ)

Stephen is speaking of this time as if it were a person and could have approached on its own. If this might be confusing for your readers, you could express this meaning in a non-figurative way. Alternate translation: [when it was almost time for God to fulfill the promise he had sworn to Abraham]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καθὼς & ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ἧς ὡμολόγησεν ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς Δέ ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς ὡμολόγησεν ὁ Θεός τῷ Ἀβραάμ ηὔξησεν ὁ λαός καί ἐπληθύνθη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ)

Stephen is referring to the promise that he described in 7:7. God promised Abraham that he would deliver his descendants from a nation that would enslave them and that he would bring them back to the land of Canaan. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [as the time approached of the promise that God had sworn to Abraham, that he would deliver his descendants from slavery and bring them back to Canaan,]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ηὔξησεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ἐπληθύνθη

grew the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς Δέ ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς ὡμολόγησεν ὁ Θεός τῷ Ἀβραάμ ηὔξησεν ὁ λαός καί ἐπληθύνθη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ)

Stephen is using the two words increased and multiplied together to express a single idea. The word multiplied tells in what way the people increased. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use and. Alternate translation: [the people increased greatly]