Exodus 5:5 Cross References - Great

⁵ And Pharao sayde furthermore: beholde, there is moche people nowe in the lande, and ye make them leaue their worke.

⁷ and the chyldren of Israel grewe, encreased, multiplyed, and waxed exceadinge myghtye: and the lande was full of them. ⁸ But there rose vp a newe kynge in Egypte whych knewe not Ioseph. ⁹ And he sayde vnto his folke: beholde, the people of the chyldren of Israel are greater and myghtyer than we. ¹⁰ Come on, let vs playe wisely wyth them, lest they multiplye, & lest it happen, that (yf there chaunce any warre) they ioyne them selues vnto oure enemyes and fyghte agaynst vs, and so gete them out of the lande. ¹¹ Therfore dyd they sette taskmasters ouer them, to kepe them vnder wt burthens. And they bylte vnto Pharao treasure cities: Phiton and Rameses.

²⁸ The increase and prosperite of the comens is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confusyon of the Prynce.