9AndhesaidH559tohispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971,Behold,thepeopleעַ֚ם'amH5971ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478aremoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480numerousרַ֥בravH7227andstrongerthanwe. 10Comeon,letusdealwiselyנִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖הnit.cha.ke.MahH2449withthem,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theymultiplyH7235,anditcometopassthat,ifwarמִלְחָמָה֙mil.cha.MahH4421occur,theytakesidewithourenemiesandfightוְנִלְחַם־ve.nil.cham-H3898againstus,andgoוְעָלָ֥הve.'a.LahH5927upoutofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776. 11AndtheysetH7760overthemservice-masterstooppressthemwiththeirburdens.AndtheybuiltH1129store-citiesforPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547,PithomandRamesesרַעַמְסֵֽס׃ra.'am.SesH7486. 12Butthemoretheyafflictedthem,themoretheymultipliedH7235andspreadיִפְרֹ֑ץyif.RotzH6555;andtheyweredistressedbecauseofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478. 13AndtheEgyptiansH4713madethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478serveH5647withharshness; 14andtheyembitteredtheirlifeH2416withhardקָשָׁ֗הka.ShahH7186labourinclayandbricksוּבִלְבֵנִ֔יםu.vil.ve.NimH3843,andinallmanneroflabourinthefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704:alltheirlabourwithwhichtheymadethemserveH5647waswithharshness. 15Andthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714spoketotheHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑תha.'iv.ri.YotH5680midwives—ofwhomthenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034oftheoneהָֽאַחַת֙ha.'a.ChatH259wasShiphrah,andthenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034oftheotherwasPuah— 16andhesaidH559,WhenyehelptheHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹתha.'iv.ri.YotH5680womeninbearingH3205,andseeH7200[them]onthestool,ifitbeasonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121,thenyeshallkillוַהֲמִתֶּ֣ןva.ha.mi.TenH4191him,butifadaughterבַּ֥תbatH1323,thensheshalllive. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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