(Exod. 1:6:) THEN JOSEPH DIED, AND ALL HIS BROTHERS. Although they had died, (according to vs. 7) THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE FRUITFUL AND PROLIFIC. R. Johanan said: Every woman of Israel bore sixty children .²⁸. 1:3; Exod. R. 1:8, which argue for six or twelve children per woman. It is so stated (ibid.): AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH THEM. R. Johanan said: They filled Egypt.

footnotes: ²⁸ Cf. Tanh

Another interpretation (of Exod. 1:7): AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH THEM. Since the theater²⁹ houses and the circus³⁰; Gk.: kirka. houses were filled with them; The Egyptians immediately decreed that they (the Israelites) should withdraw from the bed. So it was stated (ibid.): AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH THEM.

footnotes: ²⁹ Gk.: theatra ³⁰ Lat.: circi