Exodus 1:12 meaning and explanation
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
Exodus 1:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh has just set taskmasters over the Israelites to crush them with forced labor, building store cities for him. Verse 12 reports the outcome he did not expect: oppression did not weaken the people but multiplied them.
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