“But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.”
'He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged the oppressed man by killing the Egyptian - Stephen describes Moses's killing of the Egyptian (Exodus 2:11-12) without moral judgment. The action is presented as defense of 'the oppressed man' (ton kataponeumenon), establishing Moses as champion of justice. Yet the killing will have consequences—it sets the stage for Moses's rejection by Israel.
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