Exodus 1:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

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  • Exod 1:12 : 12 But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
  • Ps 41:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble. 2 The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.
  • Ps 61:5 : 5 For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.
  • Ps 85:9 : 9 Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
  • Ps 111:5 : 5 He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 1:21-22
    2 verses
    87%

    21 And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

    22 And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

  • Exod 1:15-19
    5 verses
    83%

    15 And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

    16 When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

    17 But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

    18 And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

    19 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

  • Exod 1:7-13
    7 verses
    75%

    7 And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

    8 Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

    9 And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

    10 Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

    11 So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

    12 But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

    13 And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

  • 24 And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.

  • 3 And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.

  • 17 But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

  • Acts 7:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    19 He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

    20 At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

    21 And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

  • 36 And the Lord had given the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians so that they gave them whatever was requested. So they took away all their goods from the Egyptians.

  • 2 And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.

  • Exod 2:23-25
    3 verses
    68%

    23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

    24 And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.

    25 And God's eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of himself.

  • 15 And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

  • 27 And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

  • Exod 18:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9 And Jethro was glad because the Lord had been good to Israel, freeing them from the power of the Egyptians.

    10 And Jethro said, Praise be to the Lord, who has taken you out of the hand of Pharaoh and out of the hand of the Egyptians; freeing the people from the yoke of the Egyptians.

  • 21 And I will give this people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that when you go out you will go out with your hands full.

  • 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you payment. And the woman took the child and gave it milk at her breast.

  • 22 And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    67%

    17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

    18 For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Exod 5:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20 And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:

    21 And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

  • 10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • 10 The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.

  • 38 Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

  • 20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

  • 15 Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.