And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. The people of the land now are many - The sanguinary edict had no doubt been long before repealed, or they could not have multiplied so greatly.
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Exodus 5:5
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.