⁷ But the sons of Israel ^(A)were fruitful and ^[a]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly ^[b]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

⁸ Now a new ^(B)king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. ⁹ And ^(C)he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are ^[c]too many and too mighty for us. ¹⁰ Come, let us ^(D)deal ^[d]shrewdly with them, otherwise they will multiply, and ^[e]in the event of war, they will also join those who hate us, and fight against us and ^[f]depart from the land.” ¹¹ So they appointed ^(E)taskmasters over them to oppress them with ^[g](F)hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh ^(G)storage cities, Pithom and ^(H)Raamses.

¹³ The Egyptians ^[a]used violence to compel the sons of Israel ^(A)to labor; ¹⁴ and they made ^(B)their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they violently had them perform as slaves.

²² Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “^(A)Every son who is born, ^[a]you are to throw into ^(B)the Nile, but every daughter, you are to keep alive.”