Person in Scripture

Pharaoh

Exodus opens its account of Israel's oppression with a new king who did not know Joseph. Fear of Israel's growth leads to forced labor, including building Pithom and Raamses for Pharaoh. The king orders the Hebrew midwives to kill male newborns, but they fear God and keep the boys alive. He then commands his people to cast sons into the river. In the following chapter, Pharaoh's daughter has compassion on the infant Moses and later receives him as her son. When the grown Moses kills an Egyptian and Pharaoh hears of it, Pharaoh seeks to kill Moses, who flees to Midian.

Indexed in Exodus, Acts, Hebrews

Passages: Exodus 1:11, Exodus 1:19, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 2:5, Exodus 2:7, Exodus 2:8, Exodus 2:9, Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:15, Acts 7:21, Hebrews 11:24.

Reference index adapted from STEPBible TIPNR, CC BY 4.0. The introduction is AI-assisted commentary, checked against the cited verses.