Exodus 1:10–11
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10gCome on, let us hdeal 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. 11Therefore they did set over them itaskmasters to afflict them with their kburdens. And they built for Pharaoh ltreasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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- gGen. 11:3, 4, 7. & 38:16 (Heb.).
- hSo Ps. 105:25. Acts 7:19.
- iGen. 49:15 (Heb.). So Gen. 15:13. ch. 3:7. Deut. 26:6.
- kch. 2:11. & 5:4, 5. & 6:6, 7. Ps. 81:6.
- l1 Kings 9:19. 2 Chr. 8:4. & 16:4. & 17:12. & 32:28 (Heb.). Comp. Gen. 47:11. ch. 12:37.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.” So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
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NLTNew Living Translation
We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.”
So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, lest they become many, and when war happens, they also will join our enemies and will fight against us and go up from the land.” And they appointed commanders of forced labor over them in order to oppress them with their forced labor, and they built storage cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses.
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