Ex 1:7
a population explosion in their own right — and the land was
filled with them.
Ex 1:12-14
the harder the
Egyptians worked them the more children the Israelites had — children
everywhere! The Egyptians got so they couldn't stand the Israelites 13 and
treated them worse than ever, crushing them with slave labor. 14 They made them
miserable with hard labor — making bricks and mortar and back-breaking work in
the fields. They piled on the work, crushing them under the cruel workload
God was behind this!
Ex 1:17
the midwives had far too much respect for God and didn't do
what the king of Egypt ordered
following God sometimes means disobeying man
Ex 1:17-20
17 But the midwives had far too much respect for God and
didn't do what the king of Egypt ordered; they let the boy babies live. 18 The
king of Egypt called in the midwives. "Why didn't you obey my orders?
You've let those babies live!"
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women
aren't like the Egyptian women; they're vigorous. Before the midwife can get
there, they've already had the baby."
20 God was pleased with the midwives
And pleasing God is more important than pleasing men!
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