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class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1#h=5:0-7:0"><span class="altsize">15-22</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-1" data-section-citation="002001001002001001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/0" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 46:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2" data-pid="2" class="se"></p> <p id="p3" data-pid="3" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/0/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 19</a></p> <p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2" data-pid="2" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/0/0">si 19;</a></p> <p id="p3" data-pid="3" class="sx"></p> <p id="p2" data-pid="2" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p3" data-pid="3" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-2" data-section-citation="002001002002001002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:2</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/1" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ch 2:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3" data-pid="3" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-3" data-section-citation="002001003002001003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:3</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/2/0">ad 855;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-4" data-section-citation="002001004002001004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:4</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/2" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-3"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 46:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-3" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-5" data-section-citation="002001005002001005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:5</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-1"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p380" data-pid="380">Or “the souls.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-2"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p381" data-pid="381">Lit., “who came out from the thigh of Jacob.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-3"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p382" data-pid="382">Or “souls.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/3" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-4"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 46:26; De 10:22; Ac 7:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-4" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-4" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/4/0">ad 1594;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/4/2"> w53 373</a></p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-6" data-section-citation="002001006002001006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:6</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/4" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-5"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 50:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-5" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-5" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-7" data-section-citation="002001007002001007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:7</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-4"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p383" data-pid="383">Lit., “sons of Israel.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/5" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-6"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 46:3; De 26:5; Ac 7:17-19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-6" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-6" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="se"></p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/1/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 778-779</a></p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/2/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 343</a></p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3" data-pid="3" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/1/0">it-1 778-779;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/1/2"> it-2 343;</a></p> <p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="sx"></p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/6/0">ad 543,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/6/1"> 851,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/6/2"> 1116;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/6/3"> w64 438;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/6/4"> w63 205,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/6/5"> 767;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-8" data-section-citation="002001008002001008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:8</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="se"></p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/3/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 696</a></p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/2/0">it-1 696;</a></p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="sx"></p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/7/0">ad 497;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-9" data-section-citation="002001009002001009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/6" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-7"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 105:24, 25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-7" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-7" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-10" data-section-citation="002001010002001010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:10</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-11" data-section-citation="002001011002001011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:11</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-5"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p384" data-pid="384">Or “appointed taskmasters.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/7" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-8"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 15:13; Ex 3:7; Nu 20:15; De 26:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-8" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-8" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/8" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-9"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 47:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-9" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-9" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="se"></p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/4/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 696,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/5/0"> 781</a></p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/3/0">it-1 696,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/3/2"> 781;</a></p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="sx"></p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/10/0">ad 497,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/10/1"> 544,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/10/2"> 1365,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/10/3"> 1694;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-12" data-section-citation="002001012002001012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:12</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/9" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-10"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 1:7; Ps 105:24, 25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-10" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-10" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-13" data-section-citation="002001013002001013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:13</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/10" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-11"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 2:23; Ac 7:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-11" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-11" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 86</span></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-14" data-section-citation="002001014002001014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:14</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/11" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-12"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 26:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-12" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-12" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="se"></p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/6/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 434</a></p> <div id="p13" data-pid="13"><p data-pid="13" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/7/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="13" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/7/0">3/15/2004, pp. 24-25</a></p><p data-pid="13" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/8/0">6/15/2002, pp. 8-9</a></p><p data-pid="13" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/9/0">11/15/1987, pp. 30-31</a></p> </div><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/4/0">it-2 434;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/4/2"> w04 3/15 24-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/4/4"> w02 6/15 8-9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/4/6"> w87 11/15 30-31;</a></p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="sx"></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/13/0">ad 194;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/13/1"> w63 206;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-15" data-section-citation="002001015002001015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:15</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="se"></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/10/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 779</a></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/11/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 397,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/12/0"> 934</a></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/5/0">it-1 779;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/5/2"> it-2 397,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/5/4"> 934;</a></p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="sx"></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/14/0">ad 543,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/14/1"> 735,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/14/2"> 1154,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/14/3"> 1358,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/14/4"> 1495;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-16" data-section-citation="002001016002001016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:16</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-6"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p385" data-pid="385">Or “the birth stool.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/12" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-13"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 16:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-13" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-13" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="se"></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/13/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 318,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/14/0"> 779</a></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/6/0">it-1 318,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/6/2"> 779;</a></p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="sx"></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/15/0">g80 9/22 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/15/2"> g78 8/22 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/15/4"> g72 11/22 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/15/7"> ad 236,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/15/8"> 543;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-17" data-section-citation="002001017002001017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/13" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-14"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 9:5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-14" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-14" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="se"></p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/15/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 779,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/16/0"> 857</a></p> <div id="p21" data-pid="21"><p data-pid="21" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/17/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="21" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204391/17/0">11/1/2003, pp. 8-9</a></p> </div><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/7/0">it-1 779,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/7/2"> 857;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270002/7/4"> w03 11/1 8-9;</a></p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="sx"></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/16/0">ad 543,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020002/16/1"> 598;</a><span class="ni"> ns 86</span></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="2-1-18" data-section-citation="002001018002001018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Exodus 1:18</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" 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class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/5/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-6-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ex. 1:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 46:3; De 26:5; Ac 7:17-19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-6-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-6-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2/1/6/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-7-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ex. 1:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 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class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1533" class="cl vx vp"><strong>1</strong> </a>Now these are the names of Israel’s sons who came into Egypt with Jacob, each man who came with his household:<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/0" data-bid="1-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1534" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>Reuʹben, Simʹe·on, Leʹvi, and Judah;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1" data-bid="2-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1535" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>Isʹsa·char, Zebʹu·lun, and Benjamin; </span><span id="v2-1-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1536" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>Dan and Naphʹta·li; Gad and Ashʹer.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/2" data-bid="3-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1537" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>And all those<a id="footnotesource1" data-fnid="1" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070106/0">*</a> who were born to Jacob<a id="footnotesource2" data-fnid="2" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1">*</a> were 70 people,<a id="footnotesource3" data-fnid="3" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070106/2">*</a> but Joseph was already in Egypt.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/3" data-bid="4-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1538" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>Joseph eventually died,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/4" data-bid="5-1" class="b">+</a> and also all his brothers and all that generation. </span><span id="v2-1-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1539" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>And the Israelites<a id="footnotesource4" data-fnid="4" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070106/3">*</a> became fruitful and began to increase greatly, and they kept on multiplying and growing mightier at an extraordinary rate, so that the land became filled with them.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/5" data-bid="6-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p3" data-pid="3" class="sb"><span id="v2-1-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1540" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>In time there arose over Egypt a new king, one who did not know Joseph. </span><span id="v2-1-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1541" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>So he said to his people: “Look! The people of Israel are more numerous and mightier than we are.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/6" data-bid="7-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1542" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>Let us deal shrewdly with them. Otherwise, they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”</span></p> <p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="sb"><span id="v2-1-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1543" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>So they appointed chiefs of forced labor<a id="footnotesource5" data-fnid="5" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070106/4">*</a> over them to oppress them with hard labor,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/7" data-bid="8-1" class="b">+</a> and they built storage cities for Pharʹaoh, namely, Piʹthom and Ra·amʹses.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/8" data-bid="9-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1544" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>But the more they would oppress them, the more they would multiply and the more they kept spreading out, so they felt sick with fear because of the Israelites.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/9" data-bid="10-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1545" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>Consequently, the Egyptians forced the Israelites into harsh slavery.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/10" data-bid="11-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1546" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>They made their life bitter with hard labor, as they worked with clay mortar and bricks and in every form of slavery in the field. Yes, they made them toil in harsh conditions in every form of slavery.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/11" data-bid="12-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="sb"><span id="v2-1-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1547" class="vl vx vp">15 </a>Later the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives whose names were Shiphʹrah and Puʹah, </span><span id="v2-1-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1548" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>and he told them: “When you help the Hebrew women to give birth<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/12" data-bid="13-1" class="b">+</a> and you see them on the stool for childbirth,<a id="footnotesource6" data-fnid="6" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070106/5">*</a> you must put the child to death if it is a son; but if it is a daughter, she must live.” </span><span id="v2-1-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1549" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>However, the midwives feared the true God, and they did not do what the king of Egypt told them. Instead, they would keep the male children alive.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070106/13" data-bid="14-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v2-1-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1550" class="vl vx vp">18 </a>In time the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them: “Why have you kept the male children alive?” </span><span id="v2-1-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070106/1551" class="vl vx vp">19 </a>The midwives said to Pharʹaoh: “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. 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