Exodus 1:8-10

International Children’s Bible

Trouble for the People of Israel

⁸ Then a new king began to rule Egypt. He did not know who Joseph was. ⁹ This king said to his people, “Look! The people of Israel are too many! And they are too strong for us to handle! ¹⁰ We must make plans against them. If we don’t, the number of their people will grow even more. Then if there is a war, they might join our enemies. Then they could fight us and escape from the country!”