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Deuteronomy 26:6

Suffering

4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
KJV
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
WEB
The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.
ASV
And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
DARBY
And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;
BLB
And the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us and laid on us hard labor.
ÅB
Men egypterne for ille med oss og plaget oss og la hårdt slavearbeid på oss.
OTB
Men egypterne behandlet oss hardt, undertrykte oss og påla oss hardt arbeid.
B1930
Men egypterne for ille med oss og plaget oss og la hårdt trælarbeid på oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 1:11

    Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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  • Exodus 1:14

    And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

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  • Exodus 5:23

    For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

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  • Exodus 1:22

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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  • Exodus 5:9

    Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:20

    But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

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  • Exodus 1:16

    And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

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  • Exodus 5:19

    And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

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