Exodus 1:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 1:12

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

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KJV

King James Version

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

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WEB

World English Bible

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 1

¹⁰ Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

¹¹ So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

¹² But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

¹³ They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

¹⁴ and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

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