Exodus 1
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Now a these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob:
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
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Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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All those who were descendants of Jacob were b seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).
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And c Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation.
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d But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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Now there arose a new king over Egypt, e who did not know Joseph.
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And he said to his people, "Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and f mightier than we;
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g "come, let us h deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land."
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Therefore they set taskmasters over them i to afflict them with their j burdens. And they built for Pharaoh k supply cities, Pithom l and Raamses.
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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.
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So the Egyptians made the children of Israel m serve with rigor.
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And they n made their lives bitter with hard bondage - o in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
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Then the king of Egypt spoke to the p Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah;
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and he said, "When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a q son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."
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But the midwives r feared God, and did not do s as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
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So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?"
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And t the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them."
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u Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.
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And so it was, because the midwives feared God, v that He provided households for them.
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So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, w "Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."
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Cross References
Genesis 46:8 - 27
Now these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob's firstborn.
Exodus 6:14 - 16
These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
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Cross References
Genesis 46:26
All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all.
Genesis 46:27
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.
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Cross References
Genesis 50:26
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers.
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Cross References
Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation; I will bless yo...
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitf...
Genesis 35:11
Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fr...
Genesis 46:3
So He said, "I am God, the God of your father; ...
Genesis 47:27
So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the co...
Genesis 48:4
"and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruit...
Numbers 22:3
And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people b...
Deuteronomy 1:10
The LORD your God has multiplied you, and here ...
Deuteronomy 1:11
May the LORD God of your fathers make you a tho...
Deuteronomy 26:5
And you shall answer and say before the LORD yo...
Psalms 105:24
He increased His people greatly, And made them ...
Acts 7:17
But when the time of the promise drew near whic...
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Acts 7:18
Till another king arose who did not know Joseph.
Acts 7:19
This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
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Cross References
Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.
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Cross References
Psalms 83:3
They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
Psalms 83:4
They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
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Psalms 105:25
He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His servants.
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
Acts 7:19
This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
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Cross References
Genesis 15:13
Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said: "I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 5:6
So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying.
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Cross References
Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage - in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
Exodus 2:11
Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Exodus 5:4 - 9
Then the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor.
Exodus 6:6
Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
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Cross References
1 Kings 9:19
All the storage cities that Solomon had, cities for his chariots and cities for his cavalry, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 8:4
He also built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.
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Cross References
Genesis 47:11
And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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Cross References
Genesis 15:13
Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
Exodus 5:7 - 19
You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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Cross References
Exodus 2:23
Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exodus 6:9
So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
Numbers 20:15
How our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
Acts 7:19
This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
Acts 7:34
"I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt."'
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Psalms 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.
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Exodus 2:6
And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children.
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Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.
Acts 7:19
This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
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Cross References
Exodus 1:21
And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.
Proverbs 16:6
In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil.
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Cross References
Daniel 3:16
Shadrach, Meshach, and AbedNego' answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
Daniel 3:18
"But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."
Acts 4:18 - 20
So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men.
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Cross References
Joshua 2:4
Then the woman took the two men and hid them. So she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.
2 Samuel 17:19
Then the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not known.
2 Samuel 17:20
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" So the woman said to them, "They have gone over the water brook." And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
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Cross References
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the LORD came to...
Ruth 2:12
"The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be...
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who ...
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and ...
Isaiah 3:10
Say to the righteous that it shall be well with...
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust to forget your work and l...
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1 Samuel 2:35
Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful prie...
2 Samuel 7:11
Since the time that I commanded judges to be ov...
2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build a house for My name, and I will ...
2 Samuel 7:27
For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have r...
2 Samuel 7:29
"Now therefore, let it please You to bless the ...
1 Kings 2:24
"Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has conf...
1 Kings 11:38
Then it shall be, if you heed all that I comman...
Psalms 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in...
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Acts 7:19
This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
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