Persecution Fertilising
Exodus 1:7-22
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty…


"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church." Persecuting the Church is but like casting manure upon the ground. It for a while covers the plants, and seems to destroy them; but it makes the earth more fertile, and the plants more numerous and vigorous.

(J. Orton.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

WEB: The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.




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