Exodus 1
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Exodus 1:8-11

8Nowtherearoseוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965anewחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428overEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,whoknewH3045notJosephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130.
9AndhesaidH559untohispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971,Behold,thepeopleעַ֚ם'amH5971ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478aremoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480andmightierוְעָצ֖וּםve.'a.TzumH6099thanwe:
10come,letusdealwiselyנִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖הnit.cha.ke.MahH2449withthem,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theymultiplyH7235,anditcometopass,that,whentherefallethoutanywarמִלְחָמָה֙mil.cha.MahH4421,theyalsoגַּם־gam-H1571jointhemselvesuntoourenemies,andfightוְנִלְחַם־ve.nil.cham-H3898againstus,andgetthemupoutofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.
11ThereforetheydidsetH7760overthemtaskmasterstoafflictעַנֹּת֖וֹa.no.ToH6031themwiththeirburdens.AndtheybuiltH1129forPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547store-cities,PithomandRaamses.
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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain