The Israelites in Egypt, Or the Passage of the Red Sea: The First Sacred Drama Produced in America; Consisting of Sacred Music, Scenery, and Personation (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Israelites in Egypt, or the Passage of the Red Sea: The First Sacred Drama Produced in America; Consisting of Sacred Music, Scenery, and Personation

And it came to, pass in process of time, that the King of Egypt died, and there arose up a new King over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the Children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come now, 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. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to amict them with their burdens, and they made their lives bitter with hard bon dage. And the Children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and.their cry came iip unto God, by reason of their bondage. And God heard their groanings, and God remembered his Covenant with Abraham, owith Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked Upon the Chil dren of Israel, and God had respect unto them. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron: Behold, the cry of the Children 'of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians Oppress them, and I have remembered my Covenant. Come now, therefore, and I will send ye unto Pharaoh, that ye may bring forth my people, the Children of Israel, out of Egypt. And I am sure that the King of Egypt will not let you go out of his land, no, not by a mighty hand and I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. And ye Shall know that I am the Lord your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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