But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread. So the Egyptians dreaded the presence of Bnei-Yisrael.
“I am God, the God of your father,” He said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will turn you into a great nation there.
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven, and You brought them into the land that You told their ancestors to enter and inherit.
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
He made His people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their foes.
He blesses them, they multiply greatly, and He does not let their herds diminish,
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, growing very numerous.
Yet Bnei-Yisrael were fruitful, increased abundantly, multiplied and grew extremely numerous—so the land was filled with them.
He said to his people, “Look, the people of Bnei-Yisrael are too numerous and too powerful for us.
There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel— against Adonai.
Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
Moab became terrified because there were so many people. Moab was filled with dread because of Bnei-Yisrael.
So the Pharisees said to each other, “You see that you can’t do anything. Look, the whole world has taken off after Him!”
Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.
“Then you are to respond before Adonai your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as an outsider, few in number. But there he became a great nation—mighty and numerous.