Exodus 1:7-12

Great(i) 7 and the chyldren of Israel grewe, encreased, multiplyed, and waxed exceadinge myghtye: and the lande was full of them. 8 But there rose vp a newe kynge in Egypte whych knewe not Ioseph. 9 And he sayde vnto his folke: beholde, the people of the chyldren of Israel are greater and myghtyer than we. 10 Come on, let vs playe wisely wyth them, lest they multiplye, & lest it happen, that (yf there chaunce any warre) they ioyne them selues vnto oure enemyes and fyghte agaynst vs, and so gete them out of the lande. 11 Therfore dyd they sette taskmasters ouer them, to kepe them vnder wt burthens. And they bylte vnto Pharao treasure cities: Phiton and Rameses. 12 But the more they vexed them, the moare they multiplyed and grewe, so that they abhorred the chyldren of Israel.