Exodus 2:6

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She opened it and saw the child—behold, the baby was crying. She felt compassion for him and said, 'This is one of the Hebrew children.'

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  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.
  • 1 Kgs 8:50 : 50 Forgive Your people who have sinned against You; forgive all the offenses they have committed against You, and cause their captors to show them mercy,
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Grant success to your servant today and show him mercy in the presence of this man. I was the cupbearer to the king.
  • Ps 106:46 : 46 He caused them to be treated with compassion by all who held them captive.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is like streams of water in the hand of the LORD; He directs it wherever He pleases.
  • Acts 7:21 : 21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

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  • Exod 2:2-5
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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.

    3When she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket, coated it with tar and pitch, placed the child inside, and laid it among the reeds along the riverbank.

    4His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

    5Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe at the river, and her attendants walked along the bank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her servant, and had it brought to her.

  • Exod 2:7-11
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    7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, 'Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?'

    8Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Go.' So the girl went and called the child's mother.

    9Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.' So the woman took the child and nursed him.

    10When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, 'I drew him out of the water.'

    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 7:20-21
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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 1:22
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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.

  • Exod 1:15-19
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    15The 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."

    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."

  • Exod 3:9
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    9'Now, the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.'

  • Exod 2:19
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    19They answered, 'An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.'

  • Exod 2:23
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    23During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God.

  • Gen 45:2
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    2Joseph wept so loudly as he raised his voice in crying that the Egyptians heard it, and Pharaoh’s household also heard about it.

  • 1 Kgs 3:20
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    20So she got up in the middle of the night, took my son from my side while I was asleep, and laid him in her arms. She then placed her dead son in my arms.

  • Exod 14:10
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    10As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them! They were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
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    27Then the king gave his ruling: 'Give the living child to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.'

  • Gen 21:19
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    19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

  • Gen 21:16
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    16Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said to herself, 'I cannot watch the boy die.' And as she sat there, she began to weep loudly.

  • 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.