Exodus:1:10-22
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Come on ,
let us deal wisely with them ;
lest they multiply ,
and it come to pass ,
that ,
when there falleth out any war ,
they join also unto our enemies ,
and fight against us ,
and so get them up out of the land .
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Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens .
And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities ,
Pithom and Raamses .
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But the more they afflicted them ,
the more they multiplied and grew .
And they were grieved because of the children of Israel .
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And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour :
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And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage ,
in morter ,
and in brick ,
and in all manner of service in the field :
all their service ,
wherein they made them serve ,
was with rigour .
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And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives ,
of which the name of the one was Shiphrah ,
and the name of the other Puah :
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And he said ,
When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women ,
and see them upon the stools ;
if it be a son ,
then ye shall kill him :
but if it be a daughter ,
then she shall live .
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But the midwives feared God ,
and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them ,
but saved the men children alive .
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And the king of Egypt called for the midwives ,
and said unto them ,
Why have ye done this thing ,
and have saved the men children alive ?
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And the midwives said unto Pharaoh ,
Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ;
for they are lively ,
and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them .
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Therefore God dealt well with the midwives :
and the people multiplied ,
and waxed very mighty .
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And it came to pass ,
because the midwives feared God ,
that he made them houses .
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And Pharaoh charged all his people ,
saying ,
Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river ,
and every daughter ye shall save alive .