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
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 Then a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 He said to his people, “Look, the Israelites are more numerous and more powerful than we are. 10 Let’s come up with a wise plan to prevent them from increasing in number. Otherwise, if war breaks out, they would join with our enemies and fight against us. Then they would leave the land.” 11 So the Egyptians placed taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. The Israelites built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed the Israelites, the more they increased in number, and the more they spread out. The Egyptians were filled with dread because of them. 13 So the Egyptians oppressed the Israelites by forcing them to work very hard. 14 The Egyptians made the Israelites’ lives bitter with hard work, with brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. The Egyptians were merciless in the way they imposed work on the Israelites.
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