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Exodus Chapter 1 Fear of Pharaoh, and Courage of Shiphrah and Puah
The Israelites in Egypt fulfill the command of God to "be fruitful and multiply". Pharaoh becomes afraid of the Israelites as they grew rapidly in number and so deals shrewdly with them by putting them to work in rigor. This situation sets up the book of Exodus as the struggle of the Israelites to become liberated from Pharaoh so that they could worship God in freedom. This struggle is true for man in himself as well by detachment from things of this world, our idols so we can worship God in true freedom.
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