Exodus 1:9

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we:

Ver. 9. More and mightier.] He speaks as if he had looked through a multiplying glass. See Trapp on " Gen 31:1 "

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⁹ And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

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Exodus 1:9