Acts 7:19
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
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Cross references
- Psalm 105:25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
- Exodus 1:9–11 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.” So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- Psalm 83:4–5 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—