Exodus 1:11-13

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¹¹ So ·the Egyptians made life hard for the Israelites [^Lthey afflicted/oppressed them with hard labor]. They put slave masters over them, who forced the Israelites to build the cities Pithom and Rameses as ·supply centers [storage cities] for ·the king [^LPharaoh]. ¹² But the harder ·the Egyptians forced the Israelites to work [^Lthey afflicted/oppressed them], the more ·the Israelites grew in number [they multiplied] and spread out. So ·the Egyptians became very afraid of them [^Lthey dreaded the sons/^Tchildren of Israel] ¹³ and ·demanded even more of them [^Lthe Egyptians ruthlessly forced the sons/^Tchildren of Israel to labor].