9"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.


In Context

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.

Exodus 1:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9He said to his people, |Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9and he saith unto his people, 'Lo, the people of the sons of Israel is more numerous and mighty than we;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: