1 These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob. They entered, each one with his house:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob’s thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.
6 When he had died, along with all of his brothers and all of that generation,
7 the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land.
8 Meanwhile, there arose a new king over Egypt, who was ignorant of Joseph.
9 And he said to his people: “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are many, and they are stronger than we are.
10 Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”
11 And so he set over them masters of the works, in order to afflict them with burdens. And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles: Pithom and Raamses.
12 And the more they oppressed them, so much more did they multiply and increase.
13 And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel, and they afflicted them and mocked them.
14 And they led their life directly into bitterness, with hard work in clay and brick, and with all kinds of servitude, so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, (one of whom one was called Shiphrah, another Puah)
16 instructing them: “When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery has arrived: if it is male, put it to death; if it is female, retain it.”
17 But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.
18 And summoning them, the king said, “What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?”
19 They responded: “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them.”
20 Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives. And the people increased, and they were strengthened exceedingly.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he built houses for them.
22 Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people, saying: “Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river; whatever will be born of the female sex, retain it.”
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Exodus 1 is the beginning of the book of Exodus, where the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt is reported and the beginning of God's plan to free them. The chapter begins with the introduction of the history of the Israelites in Egypt, which had multiplied a lot and were seen as a threat by the Egyptians. Pharaoh then decides to oppress them, enslaving them, and ordering the midwives to kill male newborns. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Exodus 1:
Exodus 2:24: "And God heard his moan, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob." This verse shows that God heard the cry of the Israelites and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, promising to free them from Egypt.
Deuteronomy 26:7: "And we cry to the Lord God of our parents; and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our work, and our oppression." Here we see that the Israelites cried to the Lord during their oppression in Egypt, and God heard them and saw His affliction and oppression.
Psalm 81:6: "I took his load from his shoulder, his hands were free from the baskets." This verse speaks of the liberation of the Israelites of Egypt, where God took the burden of the oppression of their shoulders and set them free to have free hands.
Exodus 3:7: "And the Lord said, I have seen carefully the affliction of my people, who is in Egypt, and I have heard his cry because of his exactors, because I knew their pains." Here God speaks directly to Moses and claims to have seen the affliction of his people in Egypt and heard his cry because of oppression.
Isaiah 43:1: "But now the Lord says that he created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, because I released you; I called you by your name, you are mine." This verse speaks of Israel's liberation and redemption by the Lord, who called them by name and promised not to abandon them.
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