Judith 5:9-11

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⁹ Then their God commanded them to leave the place where they were living and go to the land of Canaan. There they settled and grew very prosperous in gold and silver and very much livestock.^{(A) 10} When a famine spread over the land of Canaan they went down to Egypt and lived there as long as they had food. There they became so great a multitude that their number could not be counted.^{(B) 11} So the king of Egypt became hostile to them; he exploited them and forced them to make bricks, reducing them to slaves.^(C)