Summary:
After Joseph’s death, Israel multiplies greatly in Egypt, provoking a new Pharaoh who oppresses them with brutal slave labor and decrees the death of all Hebrew newborn sons.
The midwives Shiphrah and Puah fear God and defy the order, sparing the boys; God blesses them with families.
The chapter ends with Pharaoh commanding all Egyptians to drown Hebrew infant males in the Nile.
Pointing to Jesus:
Pharaoh’s genocidal edict against the seed of Abraham foreshadows Herod’s slaughter of Bethlehem’s boys in pursuit of the promised Seed (Matt 2:16–18).
This displays the enmity decreed in Genesis 3:15: Satanically inspired rulers rage against the elect line, yet God’s irreversible covenant preserves the remnant by sovereign grace.
The true Israel, Jesus, escapes the dragon’s jaws (Rev 12:4–5) to crush him, securing eternal life for a chosen people from every tongue (Eph 1:4–5; Rom 8:29–30).
Reflection:
The midwives’ quiet courage models gospel defiance: when culture demands we abort spiritual life—through compromise, silence, or idolatry—believers fear God more than men, trusting His reward.
Multiplication amid oppression reminds us that persecution cannot throttle the church; Christ builds His assembly, and every trial is a platform for quiet faithfulness until the final exodus to the better country.
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