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Exodus 1:10 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Exodus 1:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 1 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.”
Exodus 1:10 (KJV)
Commentary on Exodus 1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them (הָבָה נִתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ, havah nitchakemah lo)—The verb "deal wisely" (חָכַם, chakam) drips with irony: Pharaoh thinks he's being shrewd, but he's actually opposing God's covenant people. This so-called "wisdom" is folly (cf. 1 Corinthians 1:19-20). His three-part fear: lest they multiply, join our enemies, and get them up out of the land. The last phrase is doubly ironic—Pharaoh fears their exodus, which is exactly God's plan! Human schemes cannot thwart divine purposes. Pharaoh's "wisdom" will be exposed as foolishness when God delivers Israel through mi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Exodus 1:10
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“and mistreated our fathers”
“They have taken crafty counsel against thy people”
“Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;,If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:, אִם־יֹאמְרוּ לְכָה אִתָּנוּ נֶאֶרְבָה לְדָם נִצְפְּנָה לְנָקִי חִנָּם׃ ,If they say: Come with us”
“to conspire against his servants.”
“the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.”
“but in the end it leads to death.”
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
“some of the Jews banded together”
“that we may strike them”
“let him become a fool”