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A New Pharaoh [09-02]
After hundreds of years, the number of Israelites had become very large. The Egyptians no longer remembered Joseph and all he had done to help them. They became afraid of the Israelites because there were so many of them. So the Pharaoh who was ruling Egypt at that time made the Israelites slaves to the Egyptians.
很多年之后，一个新的法老掌权。这时埃及人已经忘了约瑟为他们所做的一切。他们害怕以色列人，因为以色列人人口众多。所以他们把以色列人当成奴隶，强迫他们为自己修建房屋和城池。艰苦的劳动使他们苦不堪言，但是神却祝福他们，让他们的子孙越来越多。
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Translation Notes:
- Pharaoh – "Pharaoh" is an Egyptian word that refers to their king. This Pharaoh was probably the son of a former Pharaoh who had died, who may have been a descendant of the Pharaoh that Joseph knew.
- made the Israelites slaves - That is, "forced the Israelites to do hard labor against their will and treated them very harshly."