Exodus 1:20
So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.
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- Exod 1:12 : 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,
- Eccl 8:12 : 12 Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people– for they stand in fear before him.
- Isa 3:10 : 10 Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
- Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
- Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
- Exod 1:7 : 7 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
- Prov 19:17 : 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
- Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
- Matt 25:40 : 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
- Luke 1:50 : 50 from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him.
- Ps 41:1-2 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him. 2 May the LORD protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!
- Ps 61:5 : 5 For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.
- Ps 85:9 : 9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.
- Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
- Ps 111:5 : 5 He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant.
- Ps 145:19 : 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
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- Exod 1:21-222 verses87%
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.”
- Exod 1:15-195 verses83%
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.
18Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them,“Why have you done this and let the boys live?”
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!”
- Exod 1:7-137 verses75%
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.
12But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,
13and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.
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24The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.
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3(Now the LORD granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.)
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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,
- Acts 7:19-213 verses69%
19This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,
21and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
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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.
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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.
- Exod 2:23-253 verses68%
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,
25God saw the Israelites, and God understood.
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15When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,
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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 18:9-102 verses67%
9Jethro rejoiced because of all the good that the LORD had done for Israel, whom he had delivered from the hand of Egypt.
10Jethro said,“Blessed be the LORD who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from the Egyptians’ control!
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21“I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed.
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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.
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22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
- Gen 20:17-182 verses67%
17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.
18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
- Exod 5:20-212 verses67%
20When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,
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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10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
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10The LORD your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.
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38Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.
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20As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
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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.