A king arose who didn’t know his nation’s history.
He feared the ones who did the work and brought prosperity.
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He and his court (a small cohort), attempting to be shrewd,
With no finesse and great duress oppressed with labor crude.
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The more the worked the more they bred and multiplied and spread
The king and his minority regarded them with dread.
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Someone thought, then, to cut off men, leave women for their use.
But two midwives, by telling lies, saved babies from abuse.
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To kill adults was an insult, so starting with the kids,
a penalty of death on boys was what some people did.
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Image: U.S. House Office of Photography, 2023
Source: Exodus 1:8-22
Text: David Alexander, 2023, CC BY-SA NC 4.0
Tune: The Saint’s Delight , Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/Score_PDF/InAdamWeHaveAll-SaintsDelight.pdf
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Video: https://youtu.be/H6Iwb6hv5uo
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