Va’yaar et onyay’nu, He saw our affliction: We already mentioned above that the reason for the constant work of the Israelites was to weaken them so that the men would not engage in procreation with their wives, and in this way it would cause a decrease in the population of the Israelites. The Haggadah now mentions that God saw this affliction and understood the reason for it. He therefore caused the opposite to take place – the more the Egyptians tried to decrease the population of the Israel through slavery, the more they increased in number.