Bible Cross References
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Exodus 1:9-22
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He said to his people, "These Israelites are so numerous and strong that they are a threat to us.
10
In case of war they might join our enemies in order to fight against us, and might escape from the country. We must find some way to keep them from becoming even more numerous."
11
So the Egyptians put slave drivers over them to crush their spirits with hard labor. The Israelites built the cities of Pithom and Rameses to serve as supply centers for the king.
12
But the more the Egyptians oppressed the Israelites, the more they increased in number and the farther they spread through the land. The Egyptians came to fear the Israelites
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and made their lives miserable by forcing them into cruel slavery. They made them work on their building projects and in their fields, and they had no pity on them.
15
Then the king of Egypt spoke to Shiphrah and Puah, the two midwives who helped the Hebrew women.
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"When you help the Hebrew women give birth," he said to them, "kill the baby if it is a boy; but if it is a girl, let it live."
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But the midwives were God-fearing and so did not obey the king; instead, they let the boys live.
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So the king sent for the midwives and asked them, "Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the boys live?"
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They answered, "The Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they give birth easily, and their babies are born before either of us gets there."
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Because the midwives were God-fearing, God was good to them and gave them families of their own. And the Israelites continued to increase and become strong.
22
Finally the king issued a command to all his people: "Take every newborn Hebrew boy and throw him into the Nile, but let all the girls live."
Psalm 83:4
"Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever."
Psalm 83:5
They agree on their plan and form an alliance against you:
Psalm 105:25
He made the Egyptians hate his people and treat his servants with deceit.
Psalm 129:1-3
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Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young.
2
"Ever since I was young, my enemies have persecuted me cruelly, but they have not overcome me.
3
They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field.
Revelation 12:4
With his tail he dragged a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. He stood in front of the woman, in order to eat her child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:5
Then she gave birth to a son, who will rule over all nations with an iron rod. But the child was snatched away and taken to God and his throne.