But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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Interpretation
The land of Egypt became to Israel a house of bondage. The place where we have been happy, may soon become the place of our affliction; and that may prove the greatest cross to us, of which we said, This same shall comfort us.
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This thought runs through Exodus 1:8-12.