Exodus 1:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 1:12

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.”

Verse Comparison: Exodus 1:12

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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.

Amplified® Bible
But the more [the Egyptians] oppressed them, the more they multiplied and expanded, so that [the Egyptians] were vexed {and} alarmed because of the Israelites.

Contemporary English Version
But even though the Israelites were mistreated, their families grew larger, and they took over more land. Because of this, the Egyptians hated them worse than before

Darby English Version
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

Good News Bible
But the more the Egyptians oppressed the Israelites, the more they increased in number and the farther they spread through the land. The Egyptians came to fear the Israelites

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.

New American Standard Bible
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.

New International Version
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites

New King James Version
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they felt dread of the sons of Israel.

Revised Standard Version
But 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.

Young's Literal Translation
and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

New English Translation
But the more the Egyptians¹ oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread.² As a result the Egyptians loathed³ the Israelites,

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