Exo 1:9-10 | ESV | STEP | And he said to his people , Behold , the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

Exodus 1:9-10

9 And he said to his people, “Behold, ^athe people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 ^bCome, ^clet us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”