Exodus 1:12

New Century Version

But the harder the Egyptians forced the Israelites to work, the more the Israelites grew in number and spread out. So the Egyptians became very afraid of them

Cross References

Genesis 46:3

Then God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make your descendants a great nation there.

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their children as many as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their ancestors to enter and take over.

Job 5:2

Anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the stupid.

Psalm 105:24

The Lord made his people grow in number, and he made them stronger than their enemies.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them, and they grew in number. Their cattle did not become fewer.

Exodus 1:20

God was good to the nurses. And the Hebrew people continued to grow in number, so they became even stronger.

Exodus 1:7

But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.

Exodus 1:9

This king said to his people, “Look! The people of Israel are too many and too strong for us to handle!

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, understanding, or advice that can succeed against the Lord.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood, but no one can put up with jealousy!

Numbers 22:3

And Moab was scared of so many Israelites; truly, Moab was terrified by them.

John 12:19

So the Pharisees said to each other, “You can see that nothing is going right for us. Look! The whole world is following him.”

Romans 8:28

We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him. They are the people he called, because that was his plan.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall announce before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with only a few people, but they became a great, powerful, and large nation there.