Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1

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Exodus 1 . 1 , The children of Israel , after Joseph’s death , increase; Exodus 1 . 8 , The more they are oppressed by a new king , the more they multiply; Exodus 1 . 15 , The godliness of the midwives , in saving the men children alive; Exodus 1 . 22 , Pharaoh commands the male children to be cast into the river.

Exodus 1:1

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

Exodus 1:1 · BSB

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Exodus 6 . 14-16

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Nehemiah

  • Nehemiah 10:1 in the month
  • Ezra 10:9
  • Zechariah 7:1 in the twentieth
  • Ezra 7:7 Shushan , Shushan , or Susa , was the capital of Susiana , a province of Persia , and the winter residence of the Persian monarchs; situated about 252 miles east of Babylon , and the same distance south-south-east of Ecbatana , in lat. 32 degrees , long. 49 degrees. The circumference of its walls was about 120 stadia. Shouster is supposed to occupy its site
  • Esther 1:2
  • Esther 3:15
  • Daniel 8:2

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Exodus 1:2

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Exodus 1:2 · BSB

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Exodus 1:3

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Exodus 1:3 · BSB

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Exodus 1:4

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

Exodus 1:4 · BSB

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Exodus 1:5

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

Exodus 1:5 · BSB

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Heb. thigh

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Exodus 1:6

Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

Exodus 1:6 · BSB

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am 2369 , bc 1635

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Exodus 1:7

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 1:7 · BSB

fruitful25 parallels

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Exodus 1:8

Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

Exodus 1:8 · BSB

a new king4 parallels

Probably Rameses Miamum , or his son Amenophis , who succeeded him about this period; and by his not knowing Joseph is meant his not acknowledging his obligation to him

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Exodus 1:9

"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

Exodus 1:9 · BSB

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Exodus 1:10

Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."

Exodus 1:10 · BSB

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Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:11 · BSB

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Exodus 1:12

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

Exodus 1:12 · BSB

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etc. Heb. and as they afflicted them , so they multiplied , etc

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Exodus 1:13

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Exodus 1:13 · BSB

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Exodus 1:14

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.

Exodus 1:14 · BSB

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Exodus 1:15

Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

Exodus 1:15 · BSB

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Exodus 1:16

"When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live."

Exodus 1:16 · BSB

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Or , rather , "and ye see them by the stone-troughs;" for so ovnayim , from aven , a stone , seems to signify . compare

  • Exodus 7:19 in which they washed the new-born infants. See this subject fully illustrated in Fragments to Calmet , Nos. 312 , 313

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Exodus 1:17

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:17 · BSB

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Exodus 1:18

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"

Exodus 1:18 · BSB

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Exodus 1:19

The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives."

Exodus 1:19 · BSB

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Exodus 1:20

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

Exodus 1:20 · BSB

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Exodus 1:21

And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

Exodus 1:21 · BSB

made them12 parallels

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Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: "Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live."

Exodus 1:22 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web6 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Exodus 1:7 → Genesis 1:28
Echoes Acts 19:20 → Exodus 1:7, Acts 6:7 → Exodus 1:7
Trajectories
Israel (Corporate New-Adam)
Chiasms
Shaped Exodus 1:15–22, Exodus 1:7–14
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