Exodus 5:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:14

But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

2 Chronicles 10:11

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

Exodus 2:11

Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

Proverbs 14:28

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.