Exodus 1:7-9

Living Bible

⁷ Meanwhile, their descendants were very fertile, increasing rapidly in numbers; there was a veritable population explosion so that they soon became a large nation, and they filled the land of Goshen.

⁸ Then, eventually, a new king came^[a] to the throne of Egypt who felt no obligation to the descendants of Joseph.

⁹ He told his people, “These Israelis are becoming dangerous to us because there are so many of them.