Acts 7:19

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This king dealt deceitfully with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to abandon their infants, so they would not survive.

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  • Exod 1:9-9 : 9 He said to his people, "Look, the people of Israel have become too numerous and too powerful for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country." 11 So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses. 12 Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. 13 The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. 15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 "When you help the Hebrew women give birth and observe them on the birthing stools, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live." 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not obey the king of Egypt's command; they let the boys live. 18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?" 19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive." 20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
  • Ps 129:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents: They have greatly afflicted me from my youth—let Israel now say— 2 They have greatly afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long.
  • Rev 12:4-5 : 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched up to God and to His throne.
  • Ps 83:4-5 : 4 They devise cunning plans against your people and conspire together against your treasured ones. 5 They say, 'Come, let us destroy them as a nation, so that the name of Israel may no longer be remembered.'

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  • Acts 7:17-18
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    17As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

    18Then another king arose in Egypt, one who did not know Joseph.

  • Acts 7:20-21
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    20At that time, Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God's sight. He was cared for in his father's house for three months.

    21When he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

  • Exod 1:8-10
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    8Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, arose to power in Egypt.

    9He said to his people, "Look, the people of Israel have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

    10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."

  • Acts 7:6
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    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Deut 26:6
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    6But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor.

  • Num 20:15
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    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Acts 7:9-12
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    9Because they were jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.

    10God rescued him from all his troubles, and He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

    11Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

    12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

  • Exod 1:16-20
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    16"When you help the Hebrew women give birth and observe them on the birthing stools, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."

    17The midwives, however, feared God and did not obey the king of Egypt's command; they let the boys live.

    18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?"

    19The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive."

    20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

  • Exod 1:22
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    22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.

  • Ps 105:25
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    25He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

  • Exod 5:21
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    21They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

  • Acts 7:39
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    39But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  • Heb 11:23
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    23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's order.

  • Gen 37:20
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    20Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams."

  • Exod 2:11
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    11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • Acts 7:24
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    24When Moses saw someone being mistreated, he came to his defense and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
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    7Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother so that we may put him to death for taking his brother’s life. We want to destroy the heir as well.' They will extinguish my remaining ember, leaving neither name nor remnant for my husband on the earth.

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    2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

  • Gen 37:18
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    18They saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they conspired to kill him.

  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

  • Exod 1:12-13
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    12Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

    13The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves.

  • Ps 106:7
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    7Our ancestors in Egypt did not consider Your miracles; they did not remember the abundance of Your lovingkindness but rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.