Exo 1:9, 3:10, 17-20 | ESV | STEP | And he said to his people , Behold , the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

Exodus 1:9

9 And he said to his people, “Behold, ^athe people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

Exodus 3:10

10 ^bCome, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

Exodus 3:17-20

17 and I promise that ^cI will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land ^dflowing with milk and honey.”’ 18 And ^ethey will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel ^fshall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has ^gmet with us; and now, please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I know that the king of Egypt ^hwill not let you go unless compelled ⁱby a mighty hand. ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew go, not by a mighty hand} 20 So ^kI will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with ^lall the wonders that I will do in it; ^mafter that he will let you go.