Exodus 1:9-10

9, 10. And he said unto his people This implies consultation of a king with his counsellors in an epoch of transition or revolution, and suits well the time of Amosis . Before his reign Egypt was divided into several kingdoms Thebes, This, Memphis, etc . , between which there were constant struggles, the different dynasties ruling side by side . Under Amosis, Thebes became supreme .

More and mightier than we Not that they really outnumbered the Egyptians, but the new king is alarmed at the rapid increase of an alien population which, from its religious antagonism, could not become assimilated with the Egyptian nation . See Introduction, (2 . )