1) The descendants of Jacob who migrated to Egypt with him are listed. Their population grew greatly and became very numerous in Egypt. 2) A new king came to power in Egypt who did not know Joseph. He was afraid of how numerous the Israelites had become and forced them into harsh slave labor building cities like Pithom and Rameses. 3) The Egyptians oppressed the Israelites more but this only caused their population to grow more rapidly.