Exodus 1 12
But the more the Israelites were mistreated, the more they grew in numbers and spread out—and the more the Egyptians detested them.
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ERV Exodus 1:12The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work harder and harder. But the harder they worked, the more they grew and spread, and the more the Egyptians became afraid of them.
CSB Exodus 1:12But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
YLT Exodus 1:12and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;