Exodus 1:9

וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל ־ עַמּוֹ הִנֵּה עַם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רַב וְעָצוּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8וַיָּקָם מֶֽלֶךְ ־ חָדָשׁ עַל ־ מִצְרָיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יָדַע אֶת ־ יוֹסֵֽף ׃

10הָבָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן ־ יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּֽי ־ תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם ־ הוּא עַל ־ שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם ־ בָּנוּ וְעָלָה מִן ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 22:4וַיֹּאמֶר מוֹאָב אֶל ־ זִקְנֵי מִדְיָן עַתָּה יְלַחֲכוּ הַקָּהָל אֶת ־ כָּל ־ סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ כִּלְחֹךְ הַשּׁוֹר אֵת יֶרֶק הַשָּׂדֶה וּבָלָק בֶּן ־ צִפּוֹר מֶלֶךְ לְמוֹאָב בָּעֵת הַהִֽוא ׃

Psalms 105:24וַיֶּפֶר אֶת ־ עַמּוֹ מְאֹד וַיַּֽעֲצִמֵהוּ מִצָּרָֽיו ׃

Proverbs 27:4אַכְזְרִיּוּת חֵמָה וְשֶׁטֶף אָף וּמִי יַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי קִנְאָֽה ׃

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 →

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