Exodus 1:8-14
Legacy Standard Bible
8 And a new (A)king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 (B)And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are [a]more and mightier than we. 10 Come, let us (C)deal wisely with them, lest they multiply and it be [b]in the event of war, that they also join themselves to those who hate us and fight against us and (D)go up from the land.” 11 So they appointed (E)taskmasters over them to afflict them with [c](F)hard labors. And they built for Pharaoh (G)storage cities, Pithom and (H)Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, (I)the more they multiplied and the more they [d]spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel. 13 So the Egyptians brutally compelled the sons of Israel (J)to slave labor; 14 and they made (K)their lives bitter with [e]hard slave labor in mortar and bricks and in all kinds of slave labor in the field, all their slave labor which they brutally [f]compelled them to do.
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- Exodus 1:9 Or too many and too mighty for us
- Exodus 1:10 Lit when war befalls that
- Exodus 1:11 Lit their burdens
- Exodus 1:12 Lit broke forth
- Exodus 1:14 Lit stiff
- Exodus 1:14 Lit worked through them
Exodus 1:8-14
New American Standard Bible 1995
8 Now a new (A)king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 (B)He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are [a]more and mightier than we. 10 Come, let us (C)deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and [b]in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and [c]depart from the land.” 11 So they appointed (D)taskmasters over them to afflict them with [d](E)hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh (F)storage cities, Pithom and (G)Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, (H)the more they multiplied and the more they [e]spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel. 13 The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel (I)to labor rigorously; 14 and they made (J)their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously [f]imposed on them.
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- Exodus 1:9 Or too many and too mighty for us
- Exodus 1:10 Lit it came about when war befalls that
- Exodus 1:10 Lit go up from
- Exodus 1:11 Lit their burdens
- Exodus 1:12 Lit broke forth
- Exodus 1:14 Lit worked through them
Exodus 1:8-14
New International Version
8 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.(A) 9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous(B) for us.(C) 10 Come, we must deal shrewdly(D) 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.”(E)
11 So they put slave masters(F) over them to oppress them with forced labor,(G) and they built Pithom and Rameses(H) as store cities(I) for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly.(J) 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(K) in brick(L) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(M)
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