Exodus 1:12 in the King James Version
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Context
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,