Exodus 1:15-22

Pharaoh Attempts Genocide

Exodus 1:15-22

Pharaoh Attempts Genocide

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And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one is Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),
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and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it is a son--then ye have put him to death; and if it is a daughter--then she hath lived.'
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And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
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and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'
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And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, `Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them--they have borne!'
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And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
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and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
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and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born--into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'
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Where else Scripture says this.

  • Acts 5:29

    And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
    from verse 17

  • Exodus 1:21

    and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
    from verse 17

  • 1 Kings 11:38

    and it hath been, if thou dost hear all that I command thee, and hast walked in My ways, and done that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commands, as did David My servant, that I have been with thee, and have built for thee a stedfast house, as I built for David, and have given to thee Israel,
    from verse 21

  • Luke 12:5

    but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.
    from verse 17

  • Matthew 10:28

    `And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
    from verse 17

  • Ecclesiastes 12:13

    The end of the whole matter let us hear: --`Fear God, and keep His commands, for this is the whole of man.
    from verse 17

  • 1 Samuel 2:35

    and I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days;
    from verse 21

  • Ecclesiastes 8:12

    Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred times , and prolonging himself for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.
    from verse 17

  • Isaiah 3:10

    Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
    from verse 20

  • Psalms 37:3

    Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
    from verse 21

  • Acts 7:19

    this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;
    from verse 22

  • 2 Samuel 7:27

    For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;
    from verse 21
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