Exodus 1:12
But the more the Israelites were mistreated, the more they grew in numbers and spread out—and the more the Egyptians detested them.
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13The Egyptians worked the Israelites brutally,
Cross References
Genesis 46:3“I am God, the God of your father! Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will turn you and your descendants into a great nation.
Numbers 22:3The Moabites were terrified of the Israelites because there were so many of them. The Moabites dreaded the arrival of the Israelites
Nehemiah 9:23You made their descendants as countless as the stars of heaven, and led them to the land you had promised their fathers they would enter and possess.
Psalms 105:24The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
Proverbs 21:30Whatever wisdom, understanding, or guidance you may have is nothing before the Lord.
John 12:19The Pharisees said to one other, “Look, we're getting nowhere. Everyone's running after him.”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:9-15
8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities,… Read the whole commentary →