24. And he increased his people greatly. In
Goshen they seem to have increased rapidly from the first, and this excited the
fears of the Egyptians, so that they tried to retard their increase by
oppression, but the Lord continued to bless them. And made them stronger than their enemies. Both in physical strength and in numbers they threatened
to become the more powerful race. Nor was this growth of the nation impeded by
tyrannical measures, but the very reverse took place, thus giving an early
instance of what has since become a proverb in the church—“the more they oppressed them the more they multiplied.” It is idle to contend either with God or his people.
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