19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.” 20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
Exodus 1:19–21
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Exodus 1:14–16
14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh. 15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you help the Hebrew wo…
Genesis 35:16–18
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Exodus 1:6–8
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Psalms 105:23–25
23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. 24 And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes, 25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
Acts 7:16–18
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Exodus 2:24–25
24 So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 God saw the Israelites and took notice.
Psalms 105:37–39
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Wisdom of Solomon 11:6–8
6 When enemies were troubled with clotted blood instead of a river’s ever-flowing fountain, (WEB) 7 to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies, you gave them abundant water beyond all hope, (WEB) 8 having shown by the thirst which they had suffered how you punished the adver… (WEB)
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