Exodus Chapter 1 - From Seventy Souls to a Nation

Exodus Chapter 1 recounts how the seventy members of Jacob’s family grew into a multitude in Egypt, prospering despite a new Pharaoh who feared their numbers.

As the Israelites multiplied, Pharaoh enslaved them with harsh labor and ordered the drowning of newborn Hebrew boys, a command resisted by the midwives Shiphrah and Puah, who feared God and saved many lives.