Exodus 5:1

Opposition to the Plan of God

5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the desert.’”

Exodus 1:9

1:9 He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!