New American Standard Bible 2020

Exodus 1:7-9

7But the sonsוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478wereH6509fruitfulפָּר֧וּpa.RuH6509andincreasedH8317greatlyH8317,and multipliedוַיִּרְבּ֥וּvai.yir.BuH7235,and becameH6105exceedinglyH3966mightyוַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּvai.ya.'atz.MuH6105,so that the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776was filledוַתִּמָּלֵ֥אva.ti.ma.Le'H4390with them.

8Now a newחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428aroseוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965overעַל־'al-H5921Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834did not knowיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130.

9Andhe saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his peopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971, “Beholdהִנֵּ֗הhi.NehH2009,the peopleעַ֚ם'amH5971of the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478aretooמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480manyרַ֥בravH7227and too mightyוְעָצ֖וּםve.'a.TzumH6099for us.

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