Reading Exodus 1:1-22 (NLT) ~ Scripture reading followed by discussion. Time passes, the people of Israel grow, and the Egyptians respond in fear. The Hebrew midwives respond in fear of God. The more they are oppressed the more they grow, the more they grow the more severe the response. Jesus shows us how to live in love and peace, the enemy wants to kill, steal, and destroy and uses fear as one way to get people to do the dirty work.