This translation is from the New American Standard Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seems to be the key words is provided in blue immediately below the scriptural text.
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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5All the persons who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy in number, but Joseph was already in Egypt. 6Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
8Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we. 10Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.” 11So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.13The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously; 14and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.
fruitful = פָּרָה = pārâ Blue Letter Bible to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off; to bear fruit, grow, increase; cause to bear fruit, make fruitful; to bear; to be bore, borne swiftly; increase with offspring
increased = שָׁרַץ = šāraṣ Blue Letter Bible to teem, swarm, multiply; breed; bring forth, increase; abundantly; in abundance; abound; creep
multiplied = רָבָה = rāḇâ Blue Letter Bible be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous; to be or grow great; make large, enlarge, increase, become many; to increase greatly or exceedingly; do much; excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of; yield much; give much; bring up
exceedingly = מְאֹד = mᵊ'ōḏ Blue Letter Bible exceedingly, much; muchness, force, abundance; wholly; especially; utterly; strength, force; to a great degree
mighty = עָצַם = ʿāṣam Blue Letter Bible to be vast, be numerous, be mighty; powerful; be great, be increased; be(-come, make) strong(-er)
filled = מָלָא = mālā' Blue Letter Bible fulness, abundance; to be full; make full; fill a place; mutually fill; satisfied
multiplied = רָבָה = rāḇâ Blue Letter Bible be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous; to be or grow great; make large, enlarge, increase, become many; to increase greatly or exceedingly; do much; excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of; yield much; give much; bring up
spread out = פָּרַץ = pāraṣ Blue Letter Bible break through or down or over, burst, breach; disperse, grow, increase, open; scatter
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