12 July 2021, General Week 15 - Monday FIRST READING "Let us take the necessary steps to prevent Israel from multiplying" A Reading from the book of Exodus (1, 8-14. 22)

12 July 2021, General Week 15 - Monday 

FIRST READING 

"Let us take the necessary steps to prevent Israel from multiplying" 

A Reading from the book of Exodus (1, 8-14. 22) 

In those days a new king came to power in Egypt. He had not known Joseph. He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are now more numerous and mighty than we. Let us therefore take the necessary steps to prevent it from multiplying. Because, if there was a war, he would join our enemies, fight against us, and then he would come out of the country. So they imposed on the children of Israel chores to overwhelm them with hard work. They had to build the warehouse cities of Pithom and Ramses for Pharaoh. But, the more they were overwhelmed, the more they multiplied and proliferated, which made them hate. The Egyptians subjected the children of Israel to severe slavery and made their life untenable by dint of drudgery: preparation of clay and bricks and all kinds of work in the country; all this work was for them a hard slavery. Pharaoh commanded all his people: "All the children that shall be born to the Hebrews, throw them into the Nile." Only let the girls live. " 

- Word of the Lord.

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