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Exodus 1:9
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7 aBut the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and1 grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.  
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, awho did not know Joseph.  
9 And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and amightier than we;  
10 acome, let us bdeal 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.”  
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them ato afflict them with their bburdens. And they built for Pharaoh csupply cities, Pithom dand Raamses.  
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.
13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel aserve with rigor.  
14 And they amade their lives bitter with hard bondage—bin mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.  
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the aHebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah;  
16 and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a ason, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”  
17 But the midwives afeared God, and did not do bas the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.  
18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”
19 And athe midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they1 are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”  
20 aTherefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and1 grew very mighty.  
21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, athat He provided households for them.  
22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, a“Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.” 
Verse Comparison: Exodus 1:9

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American Standard Version
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

Amplified® Bible
He said to his people, Behold, the Israelites are too many and too mighty for us [and they outnumber us both in people and in strength].

Contemporary English Version
and he told the Egyptians: There are too many of those Israelites in our country, and they are becoming more powerful than we are.

Darby English Version
And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

Good News Bible
He said to his people, "These Israelites are so numerous and strong that they are a threat to us.

King James Version
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

New American Standard Bible
He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.

New International Version
"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.

New King James Version
And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel have grown more and mightier than we.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel `is' more numerous and mighty than we;


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