Exodus 1:9
7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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- ÅB
- Og han sa til sitt folk: Se, israelittenes folk er større og tallrikere enn vi.
- OTB
- Han sa til sitt folk: "Se, israelittene har blitt for mange og for sterke for oss.
- B1930
- Og han sa til sitt folk: Se, israelittenes folk er større og tallrikere enn vi.
- BSB
- “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
- KJV
- And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
- WEB
- He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
- ASV
- And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
- DARBY
- And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.
- BLB
- And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel [are] many and mightier than us.
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Psalms 105:24–25
And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
Les i sammenhengJames 3:14–16
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 14:28
A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Les i sammenhengTitus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Les i sammenhengNumbers 22:4–5
So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
Les i sammenhengJob 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
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