5All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.
6Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
8Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.
9And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:
10Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.
11So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.
