Exodus 1:9-11

New King James Version

⁹ And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and ^(A)mightier than we; ^10 (B)come, let us ^(C)deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” ¹¹ Therefore they set taskmasters over them ^(D)to afflict them with their ^(E)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh ^(F)supply cities, Pithom ^(G)and Raamses.