And the {Israelites} were fruitful and multiplied and were many and were very, very numerous, and the land was filled with them.

Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, lest they become many, and when war happens, they also will join our enemies and will fight against us and go up from the land."

And as he oppressed them, so they became many, and so they spread out, and [the Egyptians] were afraid because of the presence of the {Israelites}.

And God did the midwives good, and the [Israelite] people became many and were very numerous.

{And then} during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the {Israelites} groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God.

And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land [are] now many, and you want to stop them from their {forced labor}."

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to see and many from them fall.