Exodus 1:12
“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Exodus 1:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Aber so wie sie es drückten, also mehrte es sich, und also breitete es sich aus; und es graute ihnen vor den Kindern Israel.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Empero cuanto más los oprimían, tanto más se multiplicaban y crecían: así que estaban ellos fastidiados de los hijos de Israel.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porém, quanto mais os oprimiam, mais se multiplicavam e cresciam. Por isso eles detestavam os filhos de Israel.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Porém, quanto mais os egípcios os oprimiam, mais os israelitas se tornavam numerosos e se espalhavam. Então, os egípcios começaram a temer os israelitas.
📖 Exodus 1:12 in Context
10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
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