Joseph and his family had all passed away but their descendants were strong and had multiplied until they filled the lands. Pharaoh had also passed away and was replaced by a new king who knew nothing of the previous relationship that Pharaoh had had with Joseph and his family. He was in fear of the family of Israelites as they were mighty, strong and many. He told his consorts that if these people chose to join with their enemy and fight them they would have trouble so he decided to deal with the shrewdly.
They assigned them hard labor of working in mortar, brick and the fields, which just caused them to become stronger. He also ordered the Hebrew midwives to kill all of their male offspring at birth, but they disobeyed as they were more afraid of God than of the Pharaoh. When the Pharaoh summoned them to find out why the baby boys had survived they told him that the Israelite women were robust and birthed their babies without help.
Because God favored the midwives obedience he blessed them and their families and he also blessed the children of Israel. So then Pharaoh ordered the Hebrews to kill all the male children of the Israelites.
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