This document discusses the unstoppable multiplication of the Israelites in Egypt as described in Exodus 1. It makes the following key points: - The Israelites multiplied greatly in Egypt as God commanded in Genesis 1:28. Their population grew so large that a new Pharaoh saw them as a threat and worried they would join Egypt's enemies. - To try to stop their multiplication, Pharaoh subjected the Israelites to slavery and ordered the killing of all newborn Hebrew sons by throwing them into the Nile River. However, the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied. - The midwives Shiphrah and Puah disobeyed Pharaoh's command to kill the boys