Exodus 1:9 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 1:9

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

KJV

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ASV

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

WEB

“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

YLT

and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel is more numerous and mighty than we;

DBT

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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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.
Psalms 105:24–25
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
James 3:14–16
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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Note, (1.) The growth of Israel is the grief of Egypt, and that against which the powers and policies of hell are levelled. (2.) When men deal wickedly, it is common for them to imagine that they deal wisely; but the folly of sin will, at last, be manifested before all men.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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EXO 1:9ECC 4:4 1JN 3:12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 1:9PRO 27:4 PRO 6:34
EXO 1:9ECC 4:4 ECC 2:21
EXO 1:9ECC 4:4 ECC 1:14
EXO 1:9PRO 27:4 PRO 14:30
EXO 1:9ECC 4:4 ECC 2:26
EXO 1:9PRO 27:4 JAS 3:14-16
EXO 1:9ECC 4:4 1SA 18:29-30

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