Deuteronomy 26:6

And the Egyptians afflicted us, and they persecuted us, imposing upon us the most grievous burdens.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5And you shall say, in the sight of the Lord your God: ‘The Syrian pursued my father, who descended into Egypt, and he sojourned there in a very small number, and he increased into a great and strong nation and into an innumerable multitude.

7And we cried out to the Lord, the God of our fathers. He heard us, and he looked with favor upon our humiliation, and hardship, and distress.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:14And they led their life directly into bitterness, with hard work in clay and brick, and with all kinds of servitude, so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.

Exodus 1:22Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people, saying: “Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river; whatever will be born of the female sex, retain it.”

Exodus 5:19And the first among the sons of Israel saw themselves in a crisis, because it was said to them, “Nothing at all will be lessened from the bricks throughout each day.”

Numbers 20:15how our fathers descended into Egypt, and we lived there for a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted both us and our fathers,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 26:2-12

The Offering of First-Fruits. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days,… Read the whole commentary →

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