Exodus 1:12

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But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

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  • Exod 1:9 : 9 He said to his people,“Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
  • Ps 105:24 : 24 The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
  • John 12:19 : 19 Thus the Pharisees said to one another,“You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”
  • Acts 4:2-4 : 2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. 3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening). 4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
  • Acts 5:28-33 : 28 saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!” 29 But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people. 30 The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.” 33 Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
  • Heb 12:6-9 : 6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” 7 Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? 8 But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons. 9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness. 11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

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  • Exod 1:7-11
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    7The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

    8Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.

    9He said to his people,“Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

    10Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”

    11So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

  • Exod 1:13-14
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    13and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.

    14They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.

  • Deut 26:6
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    6But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

  • Ps 105:24
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    24The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.

  • Exod 2:23-24
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    23The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

    24God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

  • Exod 1:19-20
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    19The midwives said to Pharaoh,“Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women– for the Hebrew women are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!”

    20So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

  • Exod 5:14-15
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    14The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked,“Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past– both yesterday and today?”

    15The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?

  • Exod 6:9
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    9Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.

  • Exod 14:10
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    10When Pharaoh got closer, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to the LORD,

  • Gen 47:27
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    27Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

  • Exod 5:19
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    19The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told,“You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”

  • Acts 7:17
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    17“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

  • Exod 14:5
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    5When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said,“What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”

  • Exod 3:9
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    9And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.

  • Exod 12:36
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    36The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, and so they plundered Egypt.

  • Exod 14:8
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    8But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. Now the Israelites were going out defiantly.

  • Exod 5:12
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    12So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.

  • Exod 14:3
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    3Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites,‘They are wandering around confused in the land– the desert has closed in on them.’

  • Exod 5:4
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    4The king of Egypt said to them,“Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!”