Exodus 1:8-11
Read Exodus 1 in full →8And a new aking arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9aAnd he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are 1more and mightier than we. 10“Come, let us adeal wisely with them, lest they multiply and it be 1in the event of war, that they also join themselves to those who hate us and fight against us and bgo up from the land.” 11So they appointed ataskmasters over them to afflict them with 1,bhard labors. And they built for Pharaoh cstorage cities, Pithom and dRaamses.