9"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
9"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
7 but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
9 "Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country."
11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we:
1:9And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we.
1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.
1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
1:9He said to his people, |Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
1:9and he saith unto his people, 'Lo, the people of the sons of Israel is more numerous and mighty than we;
1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: