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7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.
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Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.
9 He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
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“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us.
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."
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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 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
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So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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.
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But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
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