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Exodus 1

Exodus 1 opens generations after Joseph with Israel multiplying greatly in Egypt. A new Pharaoh, who does not know Joseph, fears the growing Hebrew population and turns that fear into oppression, forced labor, and a policy of killing Hebrew sons. The Hebrew midwives fear God rather than the king, and Israel continues to multiply despite the pressure. The chapter establishes the conflict that drives the opening of Exodus: an enslaved people under a ruler who tries to resist God’s purposes.

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Exodus 1 opens generations after Joseph with Israel multiplying greatly in Egypt. A new Pharaoh, who does not know Joseph, fears the growing Hebrew population and turns that fear into oppression, forced labor, and a policy of killing Hebrew sons. The Hebrew midwives fear God rather than the king, and Israel continues to multiply despite the pressure. The chapter establishes the conflict that drives the opening of Exodus: an enslaved people under a ruler who tries to resist God’s purposes.

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Verses 1–7The children of Israel multiply in EgyptVerses 8–14A new king oppresses IsraelVerses 15–22The midwives fear God and Pharaoh commands the death of sons
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1Now these are the names of the children of Israel,…2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.5And all the souls that came out of the loins…6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that…7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly,…8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which…9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of…10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they…11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them…12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied…13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve…14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in…15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives,…16And he said, When ye do the office of a…17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the…18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and…19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women…20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people…21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God,…22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that…