Exodus 1:9–14 · BSB
1:9
“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
1:10
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
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1:11
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
1:12
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
1:13
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
1:14
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
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