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Exodus 1:8-11
English Standard Version
Exodus 1:8-11
English Standard Version
Pharaoh Oppresses Israel
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, (A)who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, (B)the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 (C)Come, (D)let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (E)to afflict them with heavy (F)burdens. They built for Pharaoh (G)store cities, Pithom and (H)Raamses.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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