Exodus 1:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰Come, we must deal shrewdly^(A) 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.”^(B)

¹¹So they put slave masters^(C) over them to oppress them with forced labor,^(D) and they built Pithom and Rameses^(E) as store cities^(F) for Pharaoh. ¹²But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites

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Exodus 1:10-12

New King James Version

¹⁰^(A)come, let us ^(B)deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” ¹¹Therefore they set taskmasters over them ^(C)to afflict them with their ^(D)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh ^(E)supply cities, Pithom ^(F)and Raamses. ¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.

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Exodus 1:10-12

English Standard Version

¹⁰^(A)Come, ^(B)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.” ¹¹Therefore they set taskmasters over them ^(C)to afflict them with heavy ^(D)burdens. They built for Pharaoh ^(E)store cities, Pithom and ^(F)Raamses. ¹²But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.