10 Come, let us (A)deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and [a]in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and [b]depart from the land.” 11 So they appointed (B)taskmasters over them to afflict them with [c](C)hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh (D)storage cities, Pithom and (E)Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, (F)the more they multiplied and the more they [d]spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:10 Lit it came about when war befalls that
  2. Exodus 1:10 Lit go up from
  3. Exodus 1:11 Lit their burdens
  4. Exodus 1:12 Lit broke forth