12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.


In Context

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

10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.|

11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

Exodus 1:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.