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Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”

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highlighted Exodus 1:21 NLT

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

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highlighted Exodus 1:19 NLT

“The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women,” the midwives replied. “They are more vigorous and have their babies so quickly that we cannot get there in time.”

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highlighted Exodus 1:17 NLT

But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king’s orders. They allowed the boys to live, too.

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highlighted Exodus 1:16 NLT

“When you help the Hebrew women as they give birth, watch as they deliver. If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live.”

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highlighted Exodus 1:15 NLT

Then Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, gave this order to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah:

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highlighted Exodus 1:13 NLT

So the Egyptians worked the people of Israel without mercy.

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highlighted Exodus 1:12 NLT

But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread, and the more alarmed the Egyptians became.

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We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.” He said to his people, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are.

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highlighted Exodus 1:8 NLT

Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done.

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highlighted Exodus 1:7 NLT

But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.

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