Exodus 1 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture

1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls:for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
 
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:10 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. 

11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. 

And they (the Egyptians) were grieved because of the children of Israel. 

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:14 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.
 
15 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:16 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. 

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 

18 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? 

19 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. 

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives:and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 

21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that HE made them houses. 

22 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.

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Comments by Joan Boney  

The Egyptians greatly afflicted the children of Israel just prior to the deliverance planned by God.  If things had been wonderful they might have resisted leaving Egypt.  It was told Abraham, by God, that the people would serve 400 years and then be delivered.

 Genesis 15 ... 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge:and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

God was going to fulfill HIS word which HE gave.  God always fulfills HIS word.

So the end of 400 years came and the Egyptians increased the level of bondage for the children of Israel and they cried out to God.

After God brought them out of Egypt, they murmured against Moses and said the following:


Exodus 16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

They quickly forgot the truth of what it was really like for them in Egypt.

Here is the truth and what it was like just before God delivered them from Egypt.

Ex. 1 ...

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:14 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.
 
15 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:16 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. 

All these things are examples for us not to murmur and to remember correctly and to rejoice in the blessings and not to distort the truth when affliction comes.

Paul warns us:

I Cor. 10 ... 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink:for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them:and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased:for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
 
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 

8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.