Trouble for the People of Israel

⁸ Then a new king ·began to rule [^Lrose over] Egypt, who did not know who Joseph was [^Cidentification uncertain; may refer to Ahmose in 16th century bc]. ⁹ ·This king [^LHe] said to his people, “Look! The people of Israel are too many and ·too strong for us to handle [^Lstronger than us]! ¹⁰ If we don’t ·make plans against [deal wisely/shrewdly with] them, the number of their people will grow even more. Then if there is a war, they might join ·our enemies [^Lthose who hate us] and fight us and ·escape [^Lgo up] from the country!”