Exodus 1:18
Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them,“Why have you done this and let the boys live?”
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- 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Absalom instructed his servants,“Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you,‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!”
- Eccl 8:4 : 4 Surely the king’s authority is absolute; no one can say to him,“What are you doing?”
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- Exod 1:15-173 verses92%
15The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,
16“When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”
17But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
- Exod 1:19-224 verses86%
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.
21And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them.
22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people,“All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”
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15Moses said to them,“Have you allowed all the women to live?
- Exod 2:6-105 verses74%
6opened it, and saw the child– a boy, crying!– and she felt compassion for him and said,“This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter,“Shall I go and get a nursing woman for you from the Hebrews, so that she may nurse the child for you?”
8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her,“Yes, do so.” So the young girl went and got the child’s mother.
9Pharaoh’s daughter said to her,“Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” 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,“Because I drew him from the water.”
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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!”
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19This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
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21and they said to them,“May the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!”
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15The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?
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15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’
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27The king responded,“Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”
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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!”
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17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.
18But all the young women who have not experienced a man’s bed will be yours.
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2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months.
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21and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
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23By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
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29The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
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25The king then said,“Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!”
- Exod 2:14-152 verses70%
14The man replied,“Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking,“Surely what I did has become known.”
15When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well.
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23and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”
- Exod 1:8-103 verses70%
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.”
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18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
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5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
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19They said,“An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”
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4Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them; the LORD also executed judgments on their gods.