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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 1, Verse 10

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And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we:
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.
New English Translation
Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”
World English Bible
Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."
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Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
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And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour.
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And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
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And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the stools; if it [be] a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it [be] a daughter, then she shall live.
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But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
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And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
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And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
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Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.