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,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- 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,
- 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,
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Deuteronomy 4:20
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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