Exodus 1:9-11

Living Bible

⁹ He told his people, “These Israelis are becoming dangerous to us because there are so many of them. ¹⁰ Let’s figure out a way to put an end to this. If we don’t, and war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us and escape out of the country.”

¹¹ So the Egyptians made slaves of them and put brutal taskmasters over them to wear them down under heavy burdens while building the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.