Exodus 1:13

11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

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ÅB
Og egypterne tvang Israels barn til å slave for seg,
OTB
Egypterne tvang israelittene til å arbeide hardt,
B1930
Og egypterne tvang Israels barn til å træle for sig,
BSB
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
KJV
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
WEB
The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
ASV
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
DARBY
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;
BLB
And Egypt made the sons of Israel serve with harshness,

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    Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

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