Exodus 1:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grewe: therefore they were more grieued against the children of Israel.

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  • Exod 1:9 : 9 And he sayde vnto his people, Beholde, the people of the children of Israel are greater and mightier then we.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
  • Ps 105:24 : 24 And he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger then their oppressours.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
  • John 12:19 : 19 And the Pharises said among themselues, Perceiue ye howe ye preuaile nothing? Beholde, the worlde goeth after him.
  • Acts 4:2-4 : 2 Taking it grieuously that they taught the people, and preached in Iesus Name the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they layde handes on them, and put them in holde, vntill the next day: for it was now euentide. 4 Howbeit, many of them which heard the word, beleeued, and the number of the men was about fiue thousand.
  • Acts 5:28-33 : 28 Saying, Did not we straightly commaund you, that ye should not teach in this Name? & behold, ye haue filled Hierusale with your doctrine, and ye would bring this mans blood vpon vs. 29 Then Peter and the Apostles answered, & sayd, We ought rather to obey God then men. 30 The God of our fathers hath raised vp Iesus, whom ye slewe, and hanged on a tree. 31 Him hath God lift vp with his right hand, to be a Prince and a Sauiour, to giue repentance to Israel, and forgiuenes of sinnes. 32 And we are his witnesses concerning these things which we say: yea, & the holy Ghost, whome God hath giuen to them that obey him. 33 Now when they heard it, they brast for anger, and consulted to slay them.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 Also we knowe that all thinges worke together for the best vnto them that loue God, euen to them that are called of his purpose.
  • Heb 12:6-9 : 6 For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth: 7 If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whom the father chasteneth not? 8 If therefore ye be without correction, whereof al are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sonnes. 9 Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: should we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, that we might liue? 10 For they verely for a few dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he chasteneth vs for our profite, that we might be partakers of his holinesse. 11 Now no chastising for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but, grieuous: but afterwarde, it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are thereby exercised.

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  • Exod 1:7-11
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    7And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.

    8Then there rose vp a newe King in Egypt, who knewe not Ioseph.

    9And he sayde vnto his people, Beholde, the people of the children of Israel are greater and mightier then we.

    10Come, let vs worke wisely with them, least they multiplie, and it come to passe, that if there be warre, they ioyne them selues also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and get them out of the land.

    11Therefore did they set taskemasters ouer them, to keepe the vnder with burdens: and they built the cities Pithom and Raamses for the treasures of Pharaoh.

  • Exod 1:13-14
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    13Wherefore the Egyptians by crueltie caused the children of Israel to serue.

    14Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay & in bricke, & in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.

  • Deut 26:6
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    6And the Egyptians vexed vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with cruell bondage.

  • Ps 105:24
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    24And he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger then their oppressours.

  • Exod 2:23-24
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    23Then in processe of time, the King of Egypt dyed, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage and cryed: and their crie for the bondage came vp vnto God.

    24Then God heard their mone, and God remembred his couenant with Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.

  • Num 20:15
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    15How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.

  • Exod 1:19-20
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    19And the midwiues answered Pharaoh, Because the Ebrewe women are not as the women of Egypt: for they are liuely, and are deliuered yer the midwife come at them.

    20God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie.

  • Exod 5:14-15
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    14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making bricke yesterday and to daye, as in times past?

    15Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?

  • Exod 6:9
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    9So Moses told the children of Israel thus: but they hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.

  • Exod 14:10
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    10And when Pharaoh drew nie, the children of Israel lift vp their eyes, and beholde, the Egyptians marched after them, and they were sore afrayde: wherefore the children of Israel cried vnto the Lorde.

  • Gen 47:27
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    27And Israel dwelt in the lande of Egypt, in the countrey of Goshen: and they had their possessions therein, and grewe and multiplied exceedingly.

  • Exod 5:19
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    19Then the officers of the children of Israel sawe them selues in an euill case, because it was saide, Ye shall diminish nothing of your bricke, nor of euery dayes taske.

  • Acts 7:17
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    17But when the time of the promes drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Exod 14:5
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    5Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruants was turned against the people, and they sayde, Why haue we this done, and haue let Israel go out of our seruice?

  • Exod 3:9
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    9And now lo, the crie of the children of Israel is come vnto me, & I haue also seene ye oppression, wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.

  • Exod 12:36
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    36And the Lorde gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: and they graunted their request: so they spoyled the Egyptians.

  • Exod 14:8
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    8(For the Lorde had hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he followed after the children of Israel: but the children of Israel went out with an hie hand)

  • Exod 5:12
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    12Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.

  • Exod 14:3
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    3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are tangled in the land: the wildernesse hath shut them in.

  • Exod 5:4
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    4Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.