NET Bible
"But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,"
— Exodus 1:12, NET Bible
“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.”
“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. ”
“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.”
“But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied and increased.”
“But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.”
“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.”
He said to his people,“Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!
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.”
So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,
and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.
They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,